Eleonora Gabaldon’s la hora de los secretos: an approach to the gender discourse

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the discourse on the real and ideal stereotypes about gender constructs Eleonora Gabaldon's novel El tiempo de los secretos (The Time of Secrets). The research is embedded within a larger study on the analysis of the discursive production of women in Latin America. Since the completion of content analysis of the novel and discussion groups will analyze the presence of gender stereotypes in the discourse of the author in order to determine to what extent these stereotypes help or hinder the provision of women as social element from the difference and characterize the roles, roles and limitations assigned to it in a particular historical context. This will help us to a concept of gender as internal boundary, as a space for negotiation and / or conflict relations between genders, which can be understood as intercultural relations. The results are tentative and are based on the application of content analysis techniques and conducting focus groups. It is not intended to generalize, but rather to open reflexive and analysis.