Caminhos entre a dominação e a submissão:a construção da identidade cultural feminina em I love my husbund, de Nélida Cuinãspiñon a partir dos construtos sobre memória

Abstract

The present study aims to demonstrate the construction of female identity driven by issues inherent to memory and gender relations. For that, the narrative I LOVE MY HUSBUND by writer Nélida Piñon was used as a paradigm in order to carry out an analysis of the construction of the feminine identity presented in the story. For this analysis to be possible, through the technique of bibliographical research, the conceptual constructs of gender and memory were elucidated, which are linked to the construction of the feminine identity. Using the method of systemic-complex approach, an analysis of the main passages of the tale was carried out, in which it was possible to identify factors that lead to the construction of identity linked to the condition of being a woman and, later, to analyze in a more conceptual way the issues of identity, gender and memory that dialogue with one another. The analysis of the narrative was made feasible through the method of monographic procedure. In this way, it was possible to verify that the feminine identity is tied to historical questions, which leads to the construction of the memory of the woman who, originally, was exclusively seen for matrimonial and domestic tasks. Thus, the memory of a woman, along with her identity, eventually define the female gender