Head Dressed as Night: the Imaginary of Evil and Decapitation in Fiesta en la madriguera [Down the Rabbit Hole] by Juan Pablo Villalobos

This study is centered on the symbolism of decapitation in Fiesta en la madriguera [Down the Rabbit Hole] by Juan Pablo Villalobos. This work of fiction proposes a language to refer to the decapitation of the human body as a radical expression of evil will. And even though the figuration of extreme...

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http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6609
Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
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RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
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spa
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oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/12674
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https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/la_palabra/article/view/4790
https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/12674
Palabra clave:
Juan Pablo Villalobos
decapitation
drugtraffic violence
evil will
sociopolitical order
Juan Pablo Villalobos
violencia del narcotráfico
decapitación
voluntad maligna
orden sociopolítico
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Summary:This study is centered on the symbolism of decapitation in Fiesta en la madriguera [Down the Rabbit Hole] by Juan Pablo Villalobos. This work of fiction proposes a language to refer to the decapitation of the human body as a radical expression of evil will. And even though the figuration of extreme violence is a repetitive topic in contemporary Mexican literature; what captures the reader ́s attention here is the novelty of the narrative focus, which reconstructs a narco-imaginary of evil from a child ́s perspective. As operational image of evil, the representation of decapitation makes us reflect about the inteligible nature of the human being, and constitutes a space of replies againt the politics of abjection located in the heart of the subject, society, and State.