Abstract

María Dodera’s theater production Simone, mujer partida (2017) builds on current movements against gender violence in Latin America. Actor Gabriela Iribarren’s portrayal of Dodera’s Beauvoir suggests we view her via a process of interaction between internal and external dialogic selves as she seeks subjectivity—a dynamic Iribarren makes evident through the juxtaposition of ephemeral live performance and the (re)presentation of Beauvoir’s life history. Her monologue is thus not univocal, but layered with multiple voices from the past and present.