THE END OF MULTICULTURALISM. MADEINUSA IN MADEINUSA (2005)

Cuzcano J.B. · Quintana (2024) · DOI: 10.15304/quintana.23.9387

Resumen

Unlike the Eurocentric and/or North American feminist approach, this article values the investigation of the failed multicultural manifestation in Peruvian cinematography through the film Madeinusa (2005) by Claudia Llosa and exposes some of its characteristic traits. In this qualitative analysis, we highlight the character of Madeinusa, a young Andean woman. Using exclusively female theoretical sources, it examines how she becomes an object of human activity due to exacerbated traditions. Her body is constantly violated, stripping her of her humanity. Madeinusa is unable to articulate her own discourse; her voice is reduced to an almost animal sound. Furthermore, her subversive memory refuses to align with imposed codes that collectively construct the past. Therefore, it is recognized how, for Claudia Llosa, this woman ceases to be a mere aesthetic variant to become a representative space of how, thanks to multicultural expressions, women are rendered invisible under the pressure to preserve traditions that perpetuate gender inequality. Copyright © Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.

Instituciones: Universidad Privada del Norte