In the story Las Islas Nuevas by María Luisa Bombal, the woman is represented through a Darstellung (Spivak) that integrates the dreams and desires of the mysterious protagonist. This Darstellung of the oneiric elaborates a sex/gender difference where patriarchal subordination (Segato) is rejected, a practice of decolonization and liberation that brings us closer to a postcolonial ethic (Mignolo). This position becomes even more complex when the story exposes the vision of the man, who tries to elucidate the woman, and observes a monstrous spectacle, a stump on the protagonist's back, an atrophied being, an image created by an intolerable representation (Rancière) that questions the myths held about the image of women.
Novoa Romero, A. (2025). AGAINST SUBALTERNITY: RESEMANTIZATION OF THE INTOLERABLE IMAGE OF WOMEN IN THE NEW ISLANDS BY MARÍA LUISA BOMBAL. Nomadías, (33), 21–39. Retrieved from https://nomadias.uchile.cl/index.php/NO/article/view/77816
