Sensorialidad y joyería hecha con cabello humano en la ficción y cultura neo-victorianas

Autores/as

  • Rosario Arias Universidad de Málaga

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/Lectora2020.26.6

Palabras clave:

joyería realizada con cabello humano, cultura material, época victoriana, neo-Victorianismo

Resumen

En este artículo me centro en el papel que desempeña la joyería realizada con cabello humano, un arte muy extendido en el siglo XIX y en el contexto anglonorteamericano, en la literatura y en la cultura neo-victorianas. Analizaré estas joyas como objetos que provienen del pasado victoriano, pero también como artículos personales que estimulan respuestas emocionales y afectivas a través de los sentidos. En esta aproximación al neo-Victorianismo, me ocupo del entramado e imbricación que se crea entre sujeto y objeto, entre restos humanos (el pelo) y las joyas, entre el pasado y el presente, entre la muerte y la vida en versiones contemporáneas del arte victoriano de la joyería realizada con cabello humano. En definitiva, mi argumento gira en torno a la capacidad de las huellas materiales de la época victoriana de mediar entre el pasado victoriano y nuestras respuestas sensoriales ya que nos permiten dilucidar las relaciones afectivas entre sujeto y objeto, el pasado y el presente, así como su influencia e impacto sobre nuestro futuro.

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2020-10-28

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[1]
Arias, R. 2020. Sensorialidad y joyería hecha con cabello humano en la ficción y cultura neo-victorianas. Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat. 26 (oct. 2020), 83–97. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1344/Lectora2020.26.6.