The Good News of the prophet-woman: identity and political culture in the writings of Fourierists Mª Josefa Zapata and Margarita Pérez de Celis | La Buena Nueva de la mujer profeta: identidad y cultura política en las fourieristas Mª Josefa Zapata y Margarita Pérez de Celis
This article describes how the Fourierists Josefa Zapata and Margarita Pérez de Celis constructed a liberating identity for women through their writings in their own newspapers. Followers of the theories of the French utopian socialist Charles Fourier, they used a prophetic form of discourse to anno...
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Published in | Pasado y memoria no. 7; pp. 15 - 33 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | Catalan |
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Universidad de Alicante
01.12.2008
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Summary: | This article describes how the Fourierists Josefa Zapata and Margarita Pérez de Celis constructed a liberating identity for women through their writings in their own newspapers. Followers of the theories of the French utopian socialist Charles Fourier, they used a prophetic form of discourse to announce the advent of a new era for mankind, in which women would be redeemed. Advocates of a humanitarian Christianity which sought to correct fundamental social inequalities, they were, however, subject to censorship which was always on the alert for the threat of subversion that their discourse entailed. | Este artículo describe cómo las fourieristas Josefa Zapata y Margarita Pérez de Celis construyeron una identidad emancipadora para la mujer, a través de sus escritos en sus propios periódicos. Seguidoras de las teorías del socialista utópico francés Charles Fourier, adoptaron la expresión profética para anunciar el advenimiento de una nueva era para la humanidad, donde la mujer sería igualmente redimida. Seguidoras de un cristianismo humanitarista que resolviera los desequilibrios sociales fundamentales fueron, sin embargo, objeto de la censura que estuvo atenta a la amenaza de subversión que su discurso encerraba. |
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ISSN: | 1579-3311 2386-4745 |
DOI: | 10.14198/PASADO2008.7.02 |