Lessons in Disobedience by Forasteros, Migrants and Nomads in Los ríos profundos by José María Arguedas and Huaco Retrato by Gabriela Wiener

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Lessons in Disobedience by Forasteros, Migrants and Nomads in Los ríos profundos by José María Arguedas and Huaco Retrato by Gabriela Wiener

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7 months ago

Lessons in Disobedience by Forasteros, Migrants and Nomads in Los ríos profundos by José María Arguedas and Huaco Retrato by Gabriela Wiener

In this episode, Natalia Hernandez Somarriba, a second-year PhD student in Modern Languages, explores how literature can illuminate the ongoing legacies of coloniality and social inequality in Peru.

Natalia brings into dialogue two powerful works by Peruvian authors: Los ríos profundos (1958) by José María Arguedas and Huaco retrato (2021) by Gabriela Wiener. Published more than fifty years apart, these novels offer rich insights into shifting dynamics of mestizo identities, systemic oppression, and social conflict — both within post-colonial Peru and in relation to Europe as a former colonial power.

Drawing on decolonial, feminist, and post-humanist theoretical frameworks, Natalia examines how physical and symbolic movement shapes the identities of each novel’s narrator-protagonist, opening paths to empathy, self-understanding, and resistance. She further explores how both characters engage in decolonial practices that defy established power structures and challenge the positioning of White-mestizo subjects within their socieities.

Works cited in the episode:

Arguedas, José María. 1978. Deep Rivers (University of Texas Press: Austin).

Galindo, María. 2021. Feminismo Bastardo (Mujeres creando).

Hartman, Saidiya. 2008. 'Venus in Two Acts', Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, 12: 1-14.

Lander, Edgardo. 2002. 'Eurocentrism, Modern Knowledges, and the "Natural" Order of Global Capital', Nepantla: Views from South, 3: 245-68.

Mignolo, Walter D., and Catherine E. Walsh. 2018. On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis (Duke University Press).

Miller, Marilyn Grace. 2004. Rise and Fall of the Cosmic Race: The Cult of Mestizaje in Latin America (University of Texas Press: New York, USA).

Quijano, Anibal. 1992. 'Colonialidad y modernidad/racionalidad.', Perú Indígena, 13: 11-20.

______. 2010. 'Coloniality and Modernity/Rationality.' in Walter D. Mignolo and Arturo Escobar (eds.), Globalization and the Decolonial Option (Routledge).

Wiener, Charles, and Edgardo Rivera Martínez. 1993. "Perú y Bolivia. Relato de viaje." In. Lima: Institut français d’études andines.

Wiener, Gabriela. 2023. Undiscovered (Puhkin Press: London).

Zapata, Milagros, and David Swerdlow. 1998. 'Framing the Peruvian Cholo: Popular Art by Unpopular People.' in Eva P. Bueno and Terry Caesar (eds.), Imagination beyond Nation: Latin American Popular Culture (University of Pittsburgh Press: Pittsburgh, PA).