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Contra las identidades primordiales: las encarnaciones de Shirin Neshat en Women of Allah (1993-1997)

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The Iranian-born artist Shirin Neshat (Qazvin, 1957) produced in the United States the photographic series Women of Allah, between 1993 and 1997, with which she gained wide international recognition. In this series, she reflects on the affective and identity universe of Iranian Muslim women who participated in defense of the nation, in the context of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). Based on this, Neshat uses her own image to critically embody the cliché of the woman veiled with a chador that has obsessed the Western hegemonic media and that also responds to the model of "virtuous woman" that has constructed the official discourse of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The main objective of this study is to analyze how, through the use of self-representation and Iranian poetry written by women, the artist subverts these models of representation.

Author(s): Reynier Valdés Piñeiro
Series: Vol. 57 Núm. 2
Publisher: Estudios de Asia y África
Year: 2022

Language: Spanish
Commentary: La artista de origen iraní Shirin Neshat (Qazvín, 1957) produjo en Estados Unidos la serie fotográfica Women of Allah, entre 1993 y 1997, con la cual alcanzó amplio reconocimiento internacional. En ella reflexiona sobre el universo afectivo e identitario de las mujeres musulmanas iraníes que participaron en defensa de la nación, en el contexto de la guerra Irán-Irak (1980-1988). En función de ello, Neshat utiliza su propia imagen para encarnar, críticamente, el cliché de la mujer velada con chador que ha obsesionado a los medios de comunicación hegemónicos occidentales y que también responde al modelo de “mujer virtuosa” que ha construido el discurso oficial de la República Islámica de Irán. El objetivo principal de este estudio consiste en analizar cómo a través del uso de la autorrepresentación y de la poesía iraní escrita por mujeres la artista subvierte estos modelos de representación.
Pages: 319-353
City: Ciudad de México
Tags: Shirin Neshat; Women of Allah; contemporary photography; self-representation; orientalism; Iranian poetry; Fatimah.