Abstract

CORREA-SERNA, Nancy-Yohana. "The Seductive Modesty of the Christian Virgin". Representations of Gender and Appropriations of Jorge Isaacs' María, 1867-1950. Hist. Soc. [online]. 2021, n.40, pp.260-296.  Epub Mar 08, 2021. ISSN 0121-8417.  https://doi.org/10.15446/hys.n40.80133.

The article addresses the representations of gender in the novel María by Jorge Isaacs, and in the various appropriations that were made of the work for theater, radio and cinema, since the end of the 19th century and throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Both the novel and the existing records of its transposition for other media are considered as intellectual products, which were produced in particular contexts and put into circulation in different media, with the corresponding variations to respond to the audiences to whom they were addressed. In the studied period, Maria was Dramatic Legend (1892), Zarzuela (1903), Film (1922) Play (1932, 1935 and 1940), romantic poem for radio (1940) and radio soap opera (1950). The interest in the novel is evident in the different formats for which it was appropriated, which implies asking ourselves about the following: why did María enjoy such acceptance in Colombia in the first half of the 20th century? How much did it contribute in perpetuating the predominant gender representations in the country during that time? Which feminine and masculine stereotypes did it privilege? For this purpose, the dramatic legend, some vestiges of the zarzuela and the feature film, the 17 episodes of the radio broadcast were analyzed, and although the material for the plays and the romantic poem were not available, other sources allowed us to observe the impact caused by its transposition, and some discussions gestated from them.

Keywords : theater; cinema; radio; literature; cultural history; gender; Jorge Isaacs.

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