Resumen
The article analyzes an anonymous letter written by imprisoned women in the Casa de Recogidas in Santiago de Chile. Dated 1740, it is a unique document that shows the inmates’ perspectives, many of them prostitutes or women of “mala vida”, in denouncing the faults and corruption existing in their administration. The article reveals how concepts such as honor, scandal, and guilt displace their meaning to question the association of women with sin and social corruption.
Título traducido de la contribución | “FOR THE PRESENT AND FOR THE FUTURE”: THE VOICE OF IMPRISONED WOMEN IN THE CASA DE RECOGIDAS IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE (1740) |
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Idioma original | Español |
Páginas (desde-hasta) | 175-190 |
Número de páginas | 16 |
Publicación | Anales de Literatura Chilena |
N.º | 38 |
DOI | |
Estado | Publicada - dic. 2022 |
Palabras clave
- Casas De Recogidas
- Colonial Discourse
- Female Honor
- Persuasive Strategies
- Women’s Letters
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