Series of Possible Circumstances Surrounding a Working-Class Mexican Woman–– Yolanda Segura

In that space that poetry opens between the flow of everyday words, "serie de circunstancias posibles en torno a una mujer mexicana de clase trabajadora" (series of possible circumstances surrounding a working-class Mexican woman) analyzes one of the core concepts of capitalist economics. What is the "middle class"? Who belongs to it? Is there a way to describe it, to quantify it? Are its members defined by the calculation of their income, by what they own or dream of? By their future plans?

While reflecting on these questions, Yolanda Segura tells the story of Eloísa, a woman born in the 1940s who has worked since she was very young. With a stable job and a secure salary, she soon faces the possibility of marriage and starting a family. She wants to ensure a prosperous and happy existence. Will having a husband, working her shift, and getting a mortgage be enough? Why does the economic growth of a person or a country always happen towards the future and never in the present? Do financial benefits increase social well-being? Amid inflation and wage adjustments, crisis and debt, how will she manage her time, desires, and affections? Are there other ways to invent a livable life for a working woman? For Yolanda Segura, a poem is a form of resistance, a way to cancel the economic value of language.

No. Pages: 80 / Dimensions: 18 cm (Height) x 11 cm (Width)

ISBN: 9786078667451