Fuera de fecha: El viaje en el tiempo como retroceso para las mujeres en The Shining Girls, de Lauren Beukes
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https://doi.org/10.24197/gbxycp43Palabras clave:
viaje en el tiempo; crononormatividad; derechos de las mujeres; retroceso; Lauren Beukes; The Shining GirlsResumen
Este artículo analiza The Shining Girls (2013) de Lauren Beukes como una reflexión sobre los impedimentos recurrentes que sufren los derechos de las mujeres. Beukes geometriza las temporalidades de sus personajes como lineales o circulares para transmitir el conflicto entre las mujeres que luchan por la igualdad y las fuerzas socioeconómicas que impiden su evolución como seres humanos plenos. Contradiciendo generacizaciones tradicionales del tiempo, en la obra de Beukes el crononauta viaja en círculos en el tiempo para matar a mujeres prometedoras, encarnando así discursos y prácticas de retroceso que ponen en peligro constante los logros feministas conquistados a lo largo del tiempo. Por el contrario, sus víctimas se sitúan en una línea temporal crononormativa para representar los esfuerzos de las mujeres por conseguir avances en derechos reproductivos, carreras profesionales y libertad sexual.
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