Inscribed Bodies: Gender, Fashion, and Literature

Abstract

Through this paper, or philosophical reflexión, I have tried to argue about how gender has been traditionally the object of exchanges, the object became merchindise. Gender, as sexual and cultural constitution, and as knitting on textile field, has been a source to atribute subordinate condition to feminity. They she are the generic ones, the hazy Other, while masculinity has captured hegemonic condition, subjects with logos, with rational faculty, with articulated word.

They she have been persons in charge of weaving inscriptions, which they, masculine, formulated over cultural textile. Hegemonic subject has been recognized as a rational soul, or mind, subordinated ones has been given phoné, voices, because these only have sensitive soul, which can not decide among fair and unfair or between god or evil. The voice from subordínate one can not decide about social law, can not write social words, but keep the subordinated function of reproducing, of inscribing dictates.

Bodies have been inscribed, texts have been written. Throught anthropology, fashion, art, literature, and market, deconstruction of gender is proposed, linked to a kind of cultural emancipation.