«Las brujas que no pudisteis quemar». Deconstrucción y resignificación de la bruja como figura femenina monstruosa dentro del movimiento feminista

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Since the late 60s of the 20th century, the feminist movement intensified the recovery of those monstrousfemale figures that the patriarchal power had linked to the transgression of gender, body, sexuality or moral rules. This paper examines the path of deconstruction and restitution of the witch, archetype ofthe female monster. Feminism has endowed it with a new subversive meaning in terms of resistanceand action. This research, guided by gender perspective, focuses on its transformation into a newfeminist icon examining various contexts: on the one hand, feminist theory, women collectives andfeminist militancy responsible for encouraging the reassignment process and promotion of this figure asa vindication tool; on the other hand, the artistic practice in which the association between women andthe monstrous, the uncanny or the abject has been performed in new ways.