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Main Author: Diana L. Vélez
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: The City University of New York 2003
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715212
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  • Narrative Closure and “Woman”: The Case of Vírgenes y mártires Diana L. Vélez Sociología Lacan gender Puerto Rico psychoanlysis literary analysis The article analyzes two texts in the collectionVirgenes y m rtires: “Letra para salsa y tressoneos por encargo” by Ana Lydia Vega and“Milagros, Calle Mercurio” by Carmen LugoFilippi. The texts, which are “writerly” in theBarthesian sense, are open texts. The resistanceto narrative closure, it is argued here,allows the distanced reader to question genderarrangements and the ethical positions availableto women in society. It is concluded that“woman’s place” is problematic and ultimately,an impossible subject position 2003 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715212 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.2 Vol.XV