La (re)presentación identitaria de género en el retrato. Análisis del binarismo hegemónico desde la indagación poética

In antiquity, identity was bound to the word. In contemporary times, the 'self' becomes an image. Aware of this shift, we position the portrait as a pedagogical and aesthetic tool to analyze the relationship between the signifier and the signified body. In this regard, the present study examines the use of the portrait as a strategy for (re)presenting identity. This research analyzes, from the perspective of gender studies and the intersectional approach, the presence of hegemonic binary in the discursiveness of the image. This research reinterprets, from a poetic perspective, an artistic-educational experience carried out in four educational centers on the island of La Palma (Canary Islands) and draws data from 109 students in Compulsory Secondary Education. To analyze visual and discursive grammars, various strategies are combined based on visual methodologies as a reliable means of data collection and analysis. The results obtained indicated the presence and persistence of gender archetypes and dichotomous "masculine" and "feminine" roles. On the other hand, it was observed that the journey through the different portraits invites opening up other ways of telling new stories. It proposes a critical perspective that deconstructs hegemonic visual narratives and enables the generation of counter-discourses.