Su sonrisa socialista: Repertorios afectivos en torno a Helen Keller

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12/2024
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Universidad Austral de Chile
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Estudios filológicos
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Este ensayo explora los repertorios afectivos que se tejen en torno a Helen Keller, famosa activista sordociega y militante socialista norteamericana. Partiendo de la imagen dominante en la cultura popular, que la vio como objeto de un milagro o abnegada abanderada de la “causa de la discapacidad”, considero al sufrimiento y al optimismo como sustento afectivo para el “sueño americano”. Luego, destaco las pequeñas tácticas de resistencia de una mujer que supo que su cuerpo estaba atravesado por “sentimientos públicos”. Finalmente, me detengo en Her Socialist Smile (2020), documental de John Gianvito que moviliza conceptual, afectiva y sensorialmente las ideas políticas de Keller para rescatar un enojo, una pena y una alegría socialistas. La visualidad háptica de la película establece puentes entre sensación e intelección, entre cuerpo individual y colectivo y bucea en el sensorio sordo-ciego la posibilidad de un afecto político.
This essay explores affective repertoires around Helen Keller, famous deafblind activist and socialist militant. Departing from the popular image in American culture that portrays her as a miracle or a selfless champion for the “cause of disability rights,” I consider the way in which suffering and optimism function as emotional foundations for the “American dream.” Then I focus on the few acts of resistance of a woman who knew that her body was traversed by “public feelings.” Finally, I analyze Her Socialist Smile (2020), a documentary by John Gianvito that conceptually, affectively and sensorially mobilizes Keller's political ideas where anger, sorrow, and joy are socialist. In a novel way, the haptic visuality of this film establishes a connection between sensation and thought, individual and collective body, to tentatively explore into the deaf-blind sensorium as the possibility of a political affect.
This essay explores affective repertoires around Helen Keller, famous deafblind activist and socialist militant. Departing from the popular image in American culture that portrays her as a miracle or a selfless champion for the “cause of disability rights,” I consider the way in which suffering and optimism function as emotional foundations for the “American dream.” Then I focus on the few acts of resistance of a woman who knew that her body was traversed by “public feelings.” Finally, I analyze Her Socialist Smile (2020), a documentary by John Gianvito that conceptually, affectively and sensorially mobilizes Keller's political ideas where anger, sorrow, and joy are socialist. In a novel way, the haptic visuality of this film establishes a connection between sensation and thought, individual and collective body, to tentatively explore into the deaf-blind sensorium as the possibility of a political affect.
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