Metaphorical Conceptualization of the Big M

  1. Lorena Pérez Hernández 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

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Revista:
Cultura, lenguaje y representación = Culture, language and representation: revista de estudios culturales de la Universitat Jaume I = cultural studies journal of Universitat Jaume I

ISSN: 1697-7750

Año de publicación: 2024

Título del ejemplar: Mujeres y metáforas. Terminología, léxico y representaciones sobre la salud de las mujeres en el discurso biomédico

Número: 34

Páginas: 59-82

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

A lo largo de lahistoria, lamenopausia ha sido consideradaalternativamentecomo un pecado, un tipo de neurosis, una enfermedad o una deficiencia. Recientemente ha sido reinterpretada de formamás positiva como un nuevo comienzo, un viaje de autodescubrimiento o una especie de energíainterior. Cada una de estas conceptualizaciones metafóricas refleja una ideología particular asociada aperspectivasreligiosas, biomédicas y feministas, entre otras. Sin embargo, el discurso de las mujeres sobre la menopausia ha sido históricamente escaso, ocultadoy silenciado por el tabú social que rodea este tema. Esto ha cambiado en las últimas décadasal comenzar las mujeres a hablarabiertamente sobre sus experiencias menopáusicas en los medios de comunicación. Adoptando comomarco elAnálisis Crítico de la Metáfora, este estudio investiga la conceptualización contemporánea de la menopausia de las mujeresbritánicas.Los estudios sobre las metáforas de la menopausia son escasos y a menudo se llevan a cabo desde una perspectiva biomédica o sociológica (feminista), los dos contextos en los que tradicionalmente ha tenido lugar la mayoría de las conversaciones sobre la menopausia. Analizamos una colección de 300expresiones metafóricasprocedentes de testimonios de mujeres sobre su experiencia, sentimientos y pensamientos sobre la menopausia. El análisis cualitativo de los datos ofrece un retrato detallado de los marcos metafóricos que subyacen aldiscurso de las mujeres contemporáneas sobre la menopausia. Estainvestigaciónpretende dar voz en este tema a las protagonistas reales: las mujeresque están atravesando una fase relevante de sus vidas.

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