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Abstract

En aquest article s'explora la practica i performance d'un bloc de Machas Caporal, bailarines que s'aproplen del vestuarl, movlment i nom del personatge masculi de la dansa boliviana Caporales. Atesa la demarcada estructura de genere establerta en la dansa Caporales -representada per la parella del Macho Caporal (personatge masculi) i la Cholita (personatge temeni)-, l'aparició de la Macha Caporal com un nou rol en la dansa ha suposat el qüestionament social sobre la performance i identitat de les dones que ballen com a Machas. Partint d'una investigació etnográfica realitzada en 2018 a la ciutat de La Paz i des d'una perspectiva de genere, en aquest article s'analitza com la performance de les Machas Caporal revela la discontormitat de les dones cap a les normes discriminatöries de genere que predominen en el context sociocultural bolivia. A partir dels testimoniatges d'un bloc de dones i de la descripció dels seus contextos de practica i de les seues performances, es revelen les condicions en les quals les dones ballen, i es visibilitzen dinamiques de desigualtat i violencia presents en l'entorn de les entrades folklöriques de la ciutat de La Paz. Finalment, s'examina com la manera d'organització de les dones en un bloc independent i el seu estil de moviment poden entendre's com a propostes de resistencia i acció politica en un entorn caracteritzat pel masclisme i la desigualtat.

Alternate abstract:

The following article explores the practice and performance of a block of Macha Caporal dancers. These women appropriate the costume, movements, and name of the male character in the Bolivian dance Caporales. Given the demarcated gender structure established in Caporales-represented by the Macho Caporal (male character) and Cholita (female character) couple-the appearance of the new role of Macha Caporal in dance has led to questions about the performances and identities of women who dance like Machas. Based on ethnographic research undertaken from a gender perspective in 2018 in the city of La Paz, this article analyses how the performance of Macha Caporal dancers reveals these women's non-conformity with the discriminatory gender norms present in their wider social context. Through the accounts of these women and the descriptions of their contexts of practice and performance, we revealed the conditions in which they dance. This visibilised the dynamics of inequality and violence present in the environment of the folkloric entradas (dance parades) in the city of La Paz. Finally, the article examines how the organisation of women into an independent block and their style of movement can be understood as acts of resistance and political action in a setting characterised by chauvinism and inequality.

Details

Title
Macha Caporal: saltant bretxes, encarnant resistències
Author
Oliveros, Pamela Santana 1 

 PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ 
Pages
87-101
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Institució Alfons el Magnànim
ISSN
02120585
e-ISSN
25303074
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Catalan
ProQuest document ID
2672062245
Copyright
© 2022. This article is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.