Insistence of the body: Representation and the proletarian woman sign in the narrative of Nicomedes Guzman

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the aesthetic and political variants that converge within the proletarian woman sign in the narrative of Chilean writer Nicomedes Guzman (1914-1964). It proposes a reading that positions Guzman's proletarian female characters as new revolutionary agents who, through the body and motherhood, manage to challenge or ward off the political, social and cultural hierarchies traditionally conceived around women.