Pues no soy mujer. The Upheaval of Singularity in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

As the several examples analyzed in this text suggest, sor Juana problematizes the age-old question of identity from within. This causes not only a disintegration of the structure of identity and of the process of identification, but also a breakup of the very structuralist ground upon which they stand. Presenting a subject that is semiotic, unplaceable, and untranslatable, and that functions along with a sex that is, in its turn, singular and excessive, entails a profound reshaping of identity politics beyond the sphere of the metaphysic of presence. Sor Juana interestingly configures a non-binary and fluid position for her subjectivity that even today can enter into a powerful dialogue with contemporary feminist theory.