No. 12 (2013): Diversity of perspectives on gender, education, art, and colonialism

This monograph examines four Spanish correspondents who took part in the colonial wars in Morocco between 1909 and 1927, analyzing how their journalistic work combined feminism, patriotism, and acceptance of colonial discourse. It also engages with the theory of Jürgen Habermas, arguing that his “ideal speech situation” overlooks real inequalities and silenced subjects. It traces the development of girls’ schooling from Enlightenment Spain to Republican Mexico, showing how female education was restricted to domestic and religious instruction. It further explores performance art as a medium of political and social expression for women artists in the 1960s. Finally, a literary essay examines Poemas de amor by Alfonsina Storni, interpreting it through the lens of female “mad love,” which transforms pain and passion into a tool for autonomy and subjective expansion.