Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaEither a Saint or a Prostitute: Ecuadorian Women in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Novels
19th century Latin American novels have actively taken part in the construction of national projects. In Ecuador, intellectuals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries created ideal models of the nation in which the writers reimagine the role of the Ecuadorian woman. This brief analysis of six n...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2007
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| author | Andrade, Jorge |
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| description | 19th century Latin American novels have actively taken part in the construction of national projects. In Ecuador, intellectuals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries created ideal models of the nation in which the writers reimagine the role of the Ecuadorian woman. This brief analysis of six novels published between 1863 and 1904 demonstrates the obsession of the national writer with the destiny of the national woman. In these novels, the protagonists’ role changes radically, from women who are exemplars of purity and sanctity (Cumandá and Naya o la Chapetona), to those whose main characteristic is their moral decay (La emancipada, Carlota, A la costa). Women and family are perceived as metaphors for the nation; thus we can understand the persistent preoccupation of the Ecuadorian writer with their “proper” involvement in the development of a national conscience and identity. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-2152024-04-23T19:45:22Z Either a Saint or a Prostitute: Ecuadorian Women in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Novels Entre la santidad y la prostitución: la mujer en la novela ecuatoriana en el cruce de los siglos XIX y XX Andrade, Jorge women literature novels 19th century Cumandá Naya Carlota A la costa La emancipada Luzmila mujer literatura género nación novelas siglo XIX Cumandá Naya Carlota A la costa La emancipada Luzmila 19th century Latin American novels have actively taken part in the construction of national projects. In Ecuador, intellectuals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries created ideal models of the nation in which the writers reimagine the role of the Ecuadorian woman. This brief analysis of six novels published between 1863 and 1904 demonstrates the obsession of the national writer with the destiny of the national woman. In these novels, the protagonists’ role changes radically, from women who are exemplars of purity and sanctity (Cumandá and Naya o la Chapetona), to those whose main characteristic is their moral decay (La emancipada, Carlota, A la costa). Women and family are perceived as metaphors for the nation; thus we can understand the persistent preoccupation of the Ecuadorian writer with their “proper” involvement in the development of a national conscience and identity. La novelística latinoamericana del siglo XIX participa activamente de los proyectos de construcción nacionales. En el Ecuador, los intelectuales del siglo XIX y principios del XX también proponen modelos ideales de la nación en los que se destaca el papel que el escritor imagina para la mujer. El análisis breve de seis novelas publicadas entre 1863 y 1904 demuestra la obsesión del intelectual nacional por el destino de la mujer. En estas narraciones, el papel de las protagonistas se polariza entre la pureza de cuerpo y espíritu (Cumandá y Naya o la Chapetona) y la caída y perdición total (La emancipada, Carlota, A la costa). La mujer y la familia son percibidas como metáforas de la nación y por eso persiste la notoria preocupación de los intelectuales por su funcionamiento “apropiado” en el desarrollo de la conciencia e identidad nacional. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2007-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/215 10.17141/iconos.28.2007.215 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 28 (2007): Dossier: Género y nación en América Latina; 35-45 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 28 (2007): Dossier: Género y nación en América Latina; 35-45 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 28 (2007): Dossier: Gender and nation in Latin America ; 35-45 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/215/211 Derechos de autor 2013 Jorge Andrade https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | Andrade, Jorge Either a Saint or a Prostitute: Ecuadorian Women in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Novels |
| title | Either a Saint or a Prostitute: Ecuadorian Women in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Novels |
| title_full | Either a Saint or a Prostitute: Ecuadorian Women in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Novels |
| title_fullStr | Either a Saint or a Prostitute: Ecuadorian Women in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Novels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Either a Saint or a Prostitute: Ecuadorian Women in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Novels |
| title_short | Either a Saint or a Prostitute: Ecuadorian Women in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Novels |
| title_sort | either a saint or a prostitute: ecuadorian women in the 19th and early 20th centuries novels |
| url | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/215 |