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Cherilyn Elston WOMEN’S WRITING IN COLOMBIA An Alternative History Breaking Feminist Waves Series Editor Alison Stone Philosophy and Religion Lancaster Univ, Dept Politics Lancaster, United Kingdom Linda Martin Alcoff Hunter College Department of Philoscphy New York USA Aims of the Series This series promises to invite feminist thinkers from a variety of disci- plinary backgrounds to think theoretically about feminism’s history and future - work that needs to be done. I look forward to incorporating titles from this series into my women’s and gender studies teaching.’ - Alison Piepmeier, Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, The College of Charleston For the last twenty years, feminist theory has been presented as a series of ascending waves. This picture has had the effect of deemphasizing the diversity of past scholarship as well as constraining the way we understand and frame new work. The aim of this series is to attract original scholars who will offer unique interpretations of past scholarship and unearth neglected contributions to feminist theory. By breaking free from the constraints of the image of waves, this series will be able to pro- vide a wider forum for dialogue and engage historical and interdisciplinary work to open up feminist theory to new audiences and markets. LINDA MARTÍN ALCOFF is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and the City University of New York Graduate Center, USA. Her most recent books include Visible Identities: Race, Gender and the Self;The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy (co-edited with Eva Kittay); Identity Politics Reconsidered (co-edited with Moya, Mohanty and Hames- Garcia); and Singing in the Fire: Tales of Women in Philosophy. ALISON STONE is Professor of European Philosophy at Lancaster University, UK. She is the author of Petrified Intelligence: Nature in Hegel’s Philosophy; Luce Irigaray and the Philosophy of Sexual Difference; An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy; and Feminism, Psychoanalysis, and Maternal Subjectivity; and the editor of The Edinburgh Critical History of Nineteenth-Century Philosophy. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14794 Cherilyn Elston Women’s Writing in Colombia An Alternative History Cherilyn Elston United Kingdom Breaking Feminist Waves ISBN 978-3-319-43260-1 ISBN 978-3-319-43261-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43261-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016959611 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover image © Duncan Walker/ E+ Getty Images Cover design by: Fatima Jamadar Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland To Amparo and Zeida C ontents 1 Introduction: Modernity’s Rebel Daughters 1 2 La Violencia, Postmodernity and Feminism: The Nonsynchronicity of Albalucía Ángel 41 3 “Ni Engels, ni Freud, ni Reich”: Marvel Moreno as Boom/Post-Boom Writer 75 4 Una voz antifeminista? María Mercedes Carranza, Public Intellectual and “Postmodern” Poet 107 5 Testimonio in a Post-revolutionary Era: The Writings of Female Ex-combatants 143 6 Sexual Difference in Times of War: The Poetry of Piedad Morales and The Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres 185 7 Conclusion 223 Index 233 vii A Cknowledgements I owe thanks to the many Colombian women writers, feminists and activ- ists who have inspired this project, taught me how to look at feminism from different perspectives and shown me the possibility of feminist soli- darity across borders. This book is dedicated to Zeida Bohórquez and Amparo Onatra, who have provided me with inspiring examples of what it means to be a woman in Colombia. I must thank them for participating in this project, for always giving me a place to stay in Bogotá and for their endless generosity, friendship and love. I also wish to thank their respective families. Amparo, Gonzalo and Juan David, thank you for providing me with a home on my various research trips, for making me feel like part of your family and for always sharing your thoughts and ideas about your beloved country with me. To the entire Bohórquez family, especially to Víctor and Graciela, for opening up their home to me when I first arrived in Colombia, and for essentially becoming my second family. I must also thank the Centre of Latin American Studies at the University of Cambridge. I am grateful to the AHRC for funding the doctoral the- sis on which this book is based and my doctoral supervisor Geoffrey Kantaris for his guidance throughout the project. I also wish to thank Rory O’Bryen and Joanna Page for their encouragement and academic support during the years I spent at Cambridge. I was lucky throughout my postgraduate studies at Cambridge to work with a wonderful group of students and colleagues. I thank them all for their support, friendship and inspiring discussion. I must also acknowledge Claire Taylor from the University of Liverpool for her insightful comments on the manuscript. ix x ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are many other people who contributed to this book, both personally and intellectually. I owe gratitude to the American poet Craig Arnold for introducing me to women’s poetry in Colombia and for some beautiful words that have always stayed with me. Thanks to all the friends who accompanied me during the years I lived in Colombia when the seeds of this project were planted, those who supported (and accompanied) me during my various research trips and who have endured me throughout the whole process of writing and research: Alejandra Díaz, Amy Jones, Mark Wootton, Helen Pearce and Sophia Levine, all deserve special mention. Many thanks to my family for all their unconditional support and for also making the trip to Colombia to understand why the country is so important to me. And to Franco González, for your tireless encourage- ment and all your love. P ermissions I am grateful to Liverpool University Press for generously giving me per- mission to republish parts of my article “‘Ni Engels, ni Freud, ni Reich’: Narratives of Modernity in Marvel Moreno’s En diciembre llegaban las brisas (1987).” Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 2015 92:7, 805–824. xi
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