Reading Cristina García's The Agüero Sisters as Latina Feminist Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12148287 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan C Méndez (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 388-403 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hypatia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-5367 • E-ISSN: 1527-2001 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/hypa.12242 |
| OpenAlex | W2311221527 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Through an analysis of the interconnections or lack thereof between gender and epistemology, I present Cristina García's The Agüero Sisters as a text of Latina feminist philosophy. First, I use the works of Linda Alcoff and Walter Mignolo to illustrate the political nature of epistemology and how women and people of color in particular are disenfranchised from such a political endeavor. Then I examine the connections among the concepts of origin, absence, inheritance, and knowledge‐construction in García's novel to further a critique of standard epistemology and point to an emphasis on reconnection with feminine and maternal knowledge for this text's female characters. Moreover, a depiction and elaboration of María Lugones's ideas of the “coloniality of gender” and “decolonial feminism” in this novel augments this critical examination of epistemology and places emphasis on women as knowledge‐producers
Art · Depiction · Epistemology · Feminism · Garcia · Humanities · Literature · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Latin American and Latino Studies · Latin American Literature Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |