The crisis of capital in two contemporary energo-fictions: Temporada de huracanes by Fernanda Melchor and La compañía, by Verónica Gerber Bicecci
This article shows the results of a comparative analysis between two contemporary literary works written by women: Temporada de huracanes (2017) by Fernanda Melchor and La Compañía (2019) by Verónica Gerber Bicecci. We focus on the geospatial transformation of peripheral settlements, the constitutio...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | De raíz diversa. Revista Especializada en Estudios Latinoamericanos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/85652 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/deraizdiversa/article/view/85652 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Extractivism hydrocarbons masculinity futures Extractivismo hidrocarburos masculinidad futuros Extrativismo hidrocarbonetos masculinidade futuro |
| Sumario: | This article shows the results of a comparative analysis between two contemporary literary works written by women: Temporada de huracanes (2017) by Fernanda Melchor and La Compañía (2019) by Verónica Gerber Bicecci. We focus on the geospatial transformation of peripheral settlements, the constitution and reaffirmation of masculinity’s prototype, the domain over the body-territory (women’s and Earth’s), and the effacement of certain health conditions provoked by the exposure of a toxic environment as a result of extractivist practices. We sustain the idea that these resources, present in the narrated universes and verified by archives and news media outlets, vouch for the extractivism of raw material for hydrocarbon production in the country. Finally, we establish a dialogue between both texts and some other recent theoretical perspectives in relation to the possibility of creating futures in the crossroad of capitalism and its current cyclical and expansive state. |
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