Bibliographic citations
Almeida, C., (2023). Los singulares cautiverios de Susana Higuchi: la primera mujer (des)leal del fujimorato [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/24825
Almeida, C., Los singulares cautiverios de Susana Higuchi: la primera mujer (des)leal del fujimorato []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/24825
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title = "Los singulares cautiverios de Susana Higuchi: la primera mujer (des)leal del fujimorato",
author = "Almeida Goshi, Claudia Kazuko",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2023"
}
This study takes on an exploratory approach and looks into the biography of Susana Higuchi (1950-2021), first lady of Peru during Alberto Fujimori's regime (1990-2000). Drawing on a systematic review of periodicals, I interpret Higuchi’s biography through the lens of different authors and perspectives from the field of Gender Studies. Authors such as Maruja Barrig, Hélène Cixous, R. W. Connell, Simone de Beauvoir, Silvia Federici, Luce Irigaray, Marcela Lagarde, Marta Lamas, María Emma Mannarelli, Kate Millett, Carole Pateman, Adrianne Rich, Gayle Rubin, Flora Tristán, Monique Wittig, amongst others, help me assess and gain perspective into Susana Higuchi’s life history I regard Higuchi as the first woman to be (dis)loyal to fujimorato: leading the first public denounce of corruption involving closest members of the presidential circle during the time prior to Fujimori’s self-coup on April 5th, 1992. Higuchi faced the consequences of her treason. For unveiling part of the obscene supplement (Žižek, 2003, 2011) of the regime (i.e., corruption as the structuring nucleus), she was confined into what I refer to as the pariah’s captivity. This analytical figure represents an abyss characterised by loneliness and utter abandonment, where women get thrown into as punishment for breaking the status quo, for the things they say and do. Susana Higuchi saved herself from falling into such an enclosure. Previously, she had walked through particular captivities (as daughter, wife, and mother) where she was able to accumulate and manage symbolic and economic capital. Her downfall began when she became the first lady of fujimorato (1990-1994) as she experienced chastisement for going beyond the limits of ‘what’s hoped’. She survived and spoke out more than once. In this study, I aim to provide an account into her life history and listen attentively to her voice and silences, which run across the understudied history of our country’s present time.
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