Madres terribles en la literatura argentina del noventa: La última vez que maté a mi madre de Inés Fernández Moreno

CRESPO, NATALIA

ATLANTA

Congreso; XVIII Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica.”; 2008

In this article, I analyze the representations of motherhood and the different roles mothers play in three texts written by the Argentine writer Inés Fernández Moreno: the short-stories “Nana” and “Madre para armar” (2003, Hombres como médanos, Men As Dunes) and the novel La última vez que maté a mi madre (1999, The Last Time I Killed My Mother). Using a feminist theoretical frame –applying texts by Nancy Chodorow and Susan Contratto, Erika Horwitz, and Rosie Jackson–, I briefly comment on the myths and social prescriptions culturally consolidated around the concept of motherhood and the idea of a “good” mother.  Within this theoretical frame, I analyze the content, techniques and style of these three literary pieces in order to understand to what extent they put into question the diverse social myths about motherhood that still function in Argentine patriarchal mindset. I argue that this literature intends to deconstruct the idea of motherhood as a social practice that is not only idealized by cuture but also considered inherent and natural condition in all women.     Keywords: maternidad, agobio, conflicto, prescripciones socials, Ines Fernandez Moreno.