In this dissertation I analyze the figure of the East-Bengali refugee woman in Indian literature on the Partition of Bengal of 1947. I read the figure as one who makes visible, and thus opens up for critique, the conditions that constitute the category women in the discursive terrain of post-Partition/post-Independence India. The figure of the refugee woman, thereby, allows us to map the relationship between the category women and the collective imaginary, specifically the nation. I argue that the figure of the refugee woman explicates, interrupts, and critiques the relationship of women to the nation in the normative patriarchal nationalist discourse, which constructs women as a sign of the nation. The representational import of the refugee woman pushes the signification of women in relation to the collective from a sign to that of a subject. My analysis of the refugee woman is, thus, a critical engagement with the tension between women as figurative and women as historical-material categories, although both are imagined within the field of discursive signification. I develop my argument by analyzing three major texts from West Bengal, India that respond to the Partition to critically apprehend the radical charge inherent in the figure of the refugee woman. These texts are the film Meghe Dhaka Tara (Cloud-Capped Star; 1960) by Ritwik Ghatak, and the novels Epar Ganga, Opar Ganga (The River Churning; 1967) by Jyotirmoyee Devi and Swaralipi (The Notations; 1952) by Sabitri Roy. The larger argument of the dissertation is that the Partition, as a historical event, lies in contiguity and continuity with the normative regime of the gendered everyday world. Therefore, the Partition allows us to examine the historical configurations of power that make the gendered everyday but that cannot be easily discerned from within the everyday. Within the rubric of this larger argument lies my contention that the figure of the refugee woman has the radical potential to make visible the traumatic relationship between the extraordinary violence of the Partition and the gendered, ordinary, everyday life.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T13:31:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cecile Diniz Zozzoli.pdf: 2005286 bytes, checksum: 75146f64d0c37ed379997b3575bd629a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-05-08 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In the light of the Socio-Historical Psychology and its articulation with the Espinosa philosophy, the various sociological studies about social ties and ruptures and about gender, migration and refuge, this work is intended to investigate the processuality of the senses, affections and relations of the life in the refuge of migrant women in their process of social exclusion/inclusion. It is assumed that the affectivity centered analysis brings elements to elucidate at which point the different analyzed situations are oriented towards the development or the decrease of the power of action, probably, in an alternate movement between these two poles. Therefore, it is sought to know the history of the refuge process; to investigate the senses that women have of themselves and the senses present in the relations with the place of origin, with the hosting place and their public services, as well as with other people in diverse situations of everyday life; to analyze how such migration affects the family relations and which role the family plays in this process; to understand the configurations of prejudice and discrimination that, possibly, are directed to refugee women; to analyze the perspectives that these women has of the future and their life projects; to study how the gender issues relate to the senses and affections evolved in the refuge process. To meet these objectives, the research follows the field observation methodological principles, that was carried by semi-structured interviews in the cities of São Paulo and Paris. The selected group of subjects is formed by 20 women that migrated in search for refuge, from which 9 were located in Brazil and 11 in France. With the purpose of organizing the analysis material, there are established 4 main categories concerning relational affiliations of the migrants: family, job, citizenship and elective relationships. Overall, the reflections enable to observe an accumulation of transformations and ruptures of the relations and social ties belonging to the women's living that affected them on contradictory and opposite thoughts and feelings in the process of exclusion from their country of origin and perverse inclusion on the foreign countries. In this sense, the fluctuation of the power of action and the affections that characterized the living of the refugees indicates a frame of political ethical suffering, but also of resistance and of desire for freedom / À luz da Psicologia Sócio-Histórica, e de sua articulação com a filosofia de Espinosa, e dos diversos estudos interdisciplinares sobre vínculos e rupturas sociais, sobre gênero, migração e refúgio, este trabalho tem como objetivo investigar a processualidade dos sentidos, afetos e relações da vivência no refúgio de mulheres migrantes em seu processo de exclusão/inclusão social. Pressupõe-se que a análise centrada na afetividade traz elementos para esclarecer até que ponto as diferentes situações analisadas se orientam em direção ao desenvolvimento ou diminuição da potência de ação, provavelmente, num movimento de alternância entre esses dois polos. Para tanto, busca-se conhecer a história do processo de refúgio; investigar os sentidos que as mulheres têm delas mesmas e os sentidos presentes nas relações com o lugar de origem, com o lugar de acolhida e seus serviços públicos, bem como com as outras pessoas em diversas situações da vida cotidiana; analisar como tal migração afeta as relações familiares e qual o papel que a família ocupa nesse processo; compreender as configurações do preconceito e da discriminação que, possivelmente, são direcionados às mulheres refugiadas; analisar as perspectivas que essas mulheres têm de futuro e seus projetos de vida; e estudar como as questões de gênero relacionam-se com os seus sentidos e afetos envolvidos no processo de refúgio. Para atender a esses objetivos, a pesquisa segue os princípios metodológicos da observação de campo, que foi acompanhada por entrevistas semi-estruturadas nas cidades de São Paulo e de Paris. O grupo de sujeitos selecionados é formado por 20 mulheres que migraram em busca de refúgio, das quais 9 foram localizadas no Brasil e 11 na França. Com o objetivo de organizar o material da análise, são estabelecidas 4 categorias principais referentes aos pertencimentos relacionais das migrantes: família, trabalho, cidadania e relações eletivas. De modo geral, as reflexões permitem observar um acúmulo de transformações e rupturas das relações e dos vínculos sociais pertencentes à vivência dessas mulheres que as afetavam de ideias e sentimentos contraditórios e opostos no processo de exclusão de seus países de origem e de inclusão perversa nos países estrangeiros. Nesse sentido, a flutuação da potência de ação e dos afetos que caracterizou a vivência das refugiadas indica um quadro de sofrimento ético-político, mas também de resistência e de desejo de liberdade

L’Unité Populaire (1970-1973), comme expérience fondatrice, et la répression sous la dictature militaire (1973-1989) sont à l’origine de l’exil chilien. Cet exil a largement été étudié sous ses aspects politiques et la figure du réfugié le plus souvent traitée au neutre masculin. Les engagements des Chiliennes dans l’action collective, leur entrée sur le marché du travail ou encore leur participation au processus migratoire restent le plus souvent occultés.Les femmes de l’exil chilien traversent des situations particulières parce qu’elles sont des femmes. Cependant, selon leurs différentes appartenances sociales, les expériences vécues ne sont pas identiques. Ce travail doctoral se propose d’analyser leurs parcours familiaux, professionnels et militants, au Chili jusqu’à leur arrivée en France, en articulant à la fois le niveau subjectif (leur vécu, leurs expériences personnelles et leurs perceptions) et le niveau objectif (le contexte et les différents rapports sociaux en jeu). L’attention est particulièrement portée sur les rapports sociaux structurants (classe sociale, génération, sexe et « race ») ainsi que sur les stratégies et les ressources que ces femmes mobilisent. / The Chilean exile stemmed from two major episodes: the Popular Unity (1970-1973), as a founding experience, and the repression orchestrated by the military dictatorship (1973-1989). The political aspects of this exile have been extensively addressed with the figure of the refugee generally perceived as masculine-neutral. Consequently, the involvement of Chilean women in collective action, their entry into the labour market or their participation in the migratory process are often ignored.The Chilean women in exile went through experiences specific to their gender. However, these experiences differed depending on their various social affiliations. This doctoral work endeavours to analyse these women’s familial, professional, and militant paths from their situation in Chile to their arrival in France, expounding both the subjective level of their personal experiences and perceptions and the objective level of the context and various social relations at play. This work focuses specifically on structuring social relations (social class, age, gender, and race) as well as the varying strategies and resources employed by women.