Abstract

LOPEZ DIETZ, Sandra; MAYORGA ROJEL, Alberto Javier  and  LOPEZ DIETZ, Ana. Discursos sobre la mujer y el sufragio femenino en la prensa de La Araucanía (Chile, 1935-1952)^[1]. Anclajes [online]. 2023, vol.27, n.1, pp.19-37. ISSN 1851-4669.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.19137/anclajes-2023-2712.

This article focuses on the social imaginary about women in the discourse of El Diario Austral de Temuco, a publication from Chile’s Araucanía region, during the enactment of women's suffrage in the country (1935-1952). Following Potter’s model of discourse analysis, the article examines the socio-imaginary constructions articulated in the factual accounts that circulated in the public arena of the local press. We find that this social imaginary was constructed along two central discursive axes: the domesticity of political participation, and the legitimacy of women's suffrage as grounded on their political contributions through the essential nature of their femininity.

Keywords : Female Suffrage; Discourse; Press; Social Imaginaries; Araucanía.

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