El borrado lésbico en reacciones contemporáneas a la vida de Vita Sackville-West
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https://doi.org/10.17561/grove.v32.9033Palabras clave:
Vita Sackville-West, biography, female authors, lesbophobia, sexism, feminism.Resumen
Este artículo se centra en los hechos biográficos que apuntan al lesbianismo de la escritora británica Vita Sackville-West con el objetivo de identificar y cuestionar algunas de las perspectivas y discursos actuales presentes en páginas webs y blogs desde los cuales se aborda la sexualidad de la autora con términos ambiguos que han conducido a un borrado lésbico basado en perspectivas con sesgos sexistas y heterocentristas. Para ello, analizaré las propias declaraciones de Sackville-West, así como las de sus allegados, y estas serán comparadas con las conclusiones expuestas por aquellos que han examinado tanto su legado literario como social. Con el fin de exponer y explicar los componentes heterosexistas de algunas de esas reacciones contemporáneas a la vida de Sackville-West, procederé a examinar y discutir algunos extractos de blogs y páginas webs dedicadas a la escritora, apoyándome sobre todo en teoría feminista y lésbica. Los extractos de cartas y entradas de diario están recopilados principalmente en la biografía de Victoria Glendinning: Vita: The Life of Vita Sackville-West y en el trabajo de Nigel Nicolson, Portrait of a Marriage, a los cuales me referiré a lo largo de este artículo.
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