Power and terror in álvaro cepeda samudio’s la casa grande. a reading of modernity in colombia

Cepeda Samudio’s book is morethan the narrative of the Massacreof Banana Plantation Workers.The relationships between thecharacters in the novel concentratesome of the features of Colombia’stransition to modernity and its assimilationof the logics of capitalism.The sociopolitical context in whichCep...

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Autores:
Palacios, Danilo
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2014
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/50633
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/50633
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/44631/
Palabra clave:
Capitalismo
Estado
Iglesia
modernidad
poder
terror.
Capitalisme
état
église
modernité
pouvoir
terreur.
capitalism
State
Church
modernity
power
terror.
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openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:Cepeda Samudio’s book is morethan the narrative of the Massacreof Banana Plantation Workers.The relationships between thecharacters in the novel concentratesome of the features of Colombia’stransition to modernity and its assimilationof the logics of capitalism.The sociopolitical context in whichCepeda writes his work sharessome of the structural characteristicsof the period he recreated.The article explores the ways inwhich the author creates newsenses and meanings on the basisof the characters’ interpretationsof the Massacre, from diverse andconcrete political and social conditions.It also shows how the novel’splot is marked by the connectionbetween politics and religion onwhich modern capitalism began tobe built in Colombia.