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 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.

• Tipo de recurso: http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6609
• Fecha de publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
• Repositorio: RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/12674
• Acceso en línea: 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
• License: Derechos de autor 2016 LA PALABRA