GENDER DIMENSION IN CONTEMPORARY VISUAL POETICS OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT: THE CASE OF CENTRAL AMERICA

Forced displacements in Central America, caused especially by the violence that dominates the territory, constitute a migratory movement in which women, due to their gender condition, are more vulnerable. Gender violence is one of the main causes of migration and a constant that women suffer throughout their journey. Art is a tool for reflection and for bringing to light aspects of reality close to the artists. Therefore, analysing the migratory process from the artistic field makes it possible to understand the phenomenon studied from other perspectives, thus contributing to new knowledge. In this sense, the works of art, whose narratives present the multiple experiences of displacement, generate diverse aesthetics influenced by the confluence of cultural expressions that disarticulate the normative representations, acting on the perception of the observer. The main objective was to analyse the practices of Central American artists whose narratives are based on representing this phenomenon. To this end, a methodology based on feminist criticism was used to value the experiences of women as creative subjects, who, from their own perspective, present narratives and strategies that renew hegemonic aesthetic concepts. Likewise, methods from the field of art were used to analyse artistic productions. The main results represent each period of the migratory process in which the category of woman is represented according to the parameters of the identity culture of Central America, without exclusively focusing on the violence suffered by women in forced displacements.