Recasting the Role of the Intellectual
Chilean Poet Gabriela Mistral
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4796063 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Miller (0000-0002-5416-7047) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 134-149 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400206 |
| OpenAlex | W2067117233 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The life and work of Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1945, is examined as an example of how difficult it was for women to win recognition as intellectuals in 20th-century Latin America. Despite an international reputation for erudition and political commitment, Mistral has traditionally been represented in stereotypically gendered terms as the 'Mother' and 'Schoolteacher' of the Americas, and it has been repeatedly claimed that she was both apolitical and anti-intellectual. This article contests such claims, arguing that she was not only committed to fulfilling the role of an intellectual, but that she also elaborated a critique of the dominant male Latin American view of intellectuality, probing the boundaries of both rationality and nationality as constructed by male Euro-Americans. In so doing, she addressed many of the crucial issues that still confront intellectuals today in Latin America and elsewhere
Immigration · Latin Americans · Nationality · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Reputation · Social science · Sociology · Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America · Gender Studies · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |