The micro dynamics of agency: Repetition and subversion in a Mexican right-wing female politician's life story

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2011Author(s)
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The European Journal of Women's Studies, 18, 2, (2011), pp. 155-168ISSN
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Journal title
The European Journal of Women's Studies
Volume
vol. 18
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iss. 2
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English (eng)
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p. 155
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p. 168
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Anthropology and Development StudiesAbstract
This article analyses the micro dynamics of agency represented in the life story of a Mexican right-wing female politician - particularly how agency manifests itself in the way she repeats the rhetorical structures of her party's discourse. Although claiming to be a modern woman, a high ranking political participant, she repeatedly refers to the traditional ideal of motherhood that also figures prominently in the right-wing party to which she belongs. Still, at some point, she goes beyond merely repeating the dominant discourse in constructing her own political subjectivity. In tracking her life story, the micro dynamics of her agency are explored through text and discourse analysis in which intertextuality and intersectionality of gender are instrumental. An attempt is made to overcome framing agency in the dichotomy between compliance and resistance. In doing so, the article also engages in recent debate on agency in European Journal of Women's Studies.
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