A Tale Worth Told: Neoliberal Feminism and Conditional Hospitality in Masih Alinejad's The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran (2018)

Autores/as

  • Parisa Delshad universidad de valladolid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/Lectora2023.29.7

Palabras clave:

Masih Alinejad, interseccionalidad, hospitalidad, “Mujer, Vida, Libertad”, neoliberalismo

Resumen

Este artículo explora la conceptualización de la libertad en las memorias de la periodista y activista digital iraní-estadounidense Masih Alinejad, examinando The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran (2018) respecto al activismo de Alinejad en el movimiento "Mujer, Vida, Libertad" en Irán. Se utiliza un marco crítico extraído de las críticas feministas del feminismo neoliberal y la hospitalidad de Derrida para centrarse en cómo Alinejad repite las narrativas de la minoría modelo y el excepcionalismo estadounidense. Estas narrativas neoliberales tienen el potencial de convertir tanto a Irán como a Estados Unidos en lugares inhóspitos para las mujeres. El artículo concluye que una lectura interseccional del enfoque neoliberal de Alinejad sobre las experiencias de las mujeres tanto en Estados Unidos como en Irán demuestra que no coincide con las reinvindicaciones del movimiento "Mujer, Vida, Libertad".

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Publicado

2023-10-31

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[1]
Delshad, P. 2023. A Tale Worth Told: Neoliberal Feminism and Conditional Hospitality in Masih Alinejad’s The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran (2018). Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat. 29 (oct. 2023), 117–135. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1344/Lectora2023.29.7.