Publication: El tratamiento de la mujer negra en la novela Trilogía sucia de La Habana de Pedro Juan Gutiérrez.
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Oramas Díaz, Manuel Martín ; Chávez Gallegos, Tsiue ; Gutiérrez González, Ivanka
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INLIMA. Instituto de Lingüística Materialista.
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Abstract: This study examines the portrayal of Black women in Trilogía sucia de La Habana by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez through a critical discourse analysis. The novel reproduces racist and sexist stereotypes that reduce Black, mulatta, and jabada women to hypersexualized and subordinate. Various female roles are identified: hypersexualized women, submissive wives, feared santeras, marginalized elderly, sex workers, sexualized professionals, and stigmatized lesbians. These representations reinforce a patriarchal, phallocentric, and colonial view of racialized women, erasing their humanity and diversity. Despite its literary value, the novel does not offer a social critique but normalizes the structural oppression still present in contemporary Cuban society. The analysis shows that literature, far from being neutral, can perpetuate discriminatory imaginaries. Thus, it is crucial to approach such texts through an intersectional lens that challenges dominant discourses and promotes more just and complex representations of marginalized identities.
Abstract: This study examines the portrayal of Black women in Trilogía sucia de La Habana by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez through a critical discourse analysis. The novel reproduces racist and sexist stereotypes that reduce Black, mulatta, and jabada women to hypersexualized and subordinate. Various female roles are identified: hypersexualized women, submissive wives, feared santeras, marginalized elderly, sex workers, sexualized professionals, and stigmatized lesbians. These representations reinforce a patriarchal, phallocentric, and colonial view of racialized women, erasing their humanity and diversity. Despite its literary value, the novel does not offer a social critique but normalizes the structural oppression still present in contemporary Cuban society. The analysis shows that literature, far from being neutral, can perpetuate discriminatory imaginaries. Thus, it is crucial to approach such texts through an intersectional lens that challenges dominant discourses and promotes more just and complex representations of marginalized identities.
Abstract: This study examines the portrayal of Black women in Trilogía sucia de La Habana by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez through a critical discourse analysis. The novel reproduces racist and sexist stereotypes that reduce Black, mulatta, and jabada women to hypersexualized and subordinate. Various female roles are identified: hypersexualized women, submissive wives, feared santeras, marginalized elderly, sex workers, sexualized professionals, and stigmatized lesbians. These representations reinforce a patriarchal, phallocentric, and colonial view of racialized women, erasing their humanity and diversity. Despite its literary value, the novel does not offer a social critique but normalizes the structural oppression still present in contemporary Cuban society. The analysis shows that literature, far from being neutral, can perpetuate discriminatory imaginaries. Thus, it is crucial to approach such texts through an intersectional lens that challenges dominant discourses and promotes more just and complex representations of marginalized identities.
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Refracción : revista sobre lingüística materialista, n. 12, 2025, p. 88-105.
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