Power and Terror in Álvaro Cepeda Samudio’s La casa grande. A Reading of Modernity in Colombia
<p>Cepeda Samudio’s book is more<br />than the narrative of the Massacre<br />of Banana Plantation Workers.<br />The relationships between the<br />characters in the novel concentrate<br />some of the features of Colombia’s<br />transition to modernity and i...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Desde el Jardín de Freud |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/jardin/article/view/46123 |
| Summary: | <p>Cepeda Samudio’s book is more<br />than the narrative of the Massacre<br />of Banana Plantation Workers.<br />The relationships between the<br />characters in the novel concentrate<br />some of the features of Colombia’s<br />transition to modernity and its assimilation<br />of the logics of capitalism.<br />The sociopolitical context in which<br />Cepeda writes his work shares<br />some of the structural characteristics<br />of the period he recreated.<br />The article explores the ways in<br />which the author creates new<br />senses and meanings on the basis<br />of the characters’ interpretations<br />of the Massacre, from diverse and<br />concrete political and social conditions.<br />It also shows how the novel’s<br />plot is marked by the connection<br />between politics and religion on<br />which modern capitalism began to<br />be built in Colombia.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1657-3986 2256-5477 |