Making the present a past for the future: "Degüello", by Gabriela Massuh

Authors

  • Matías Lemo Universidad del Salvador

Keywords:

decolonization, Massuh, Degüello, totalitarianism, Argentine literature

Abstract

Approach to the novel Degüello (2019), by Gabriela Massuh, based on alternative alternatives typical of decolonialthought in order to, through the analysis of the work, infer guidelines that enable reflection on resilience and/or resistance in the face of totalitarianism thematized in part of recent Argentine literature of the 21st century.

Author Biography

Matías Lemo, Universidad del Salvador

Licenciado por la Universidad del Salvador, donde realiza su doctorado sobre literatura policial argentina contemporánea. 

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Published

2024-12-26

How to Cite

Lemo, M. (2024). Making the present a past for the future: "Degüello", by Gabriela Massuh. Gramma , 35(73). Retrieved from https://p3.usal.edu.ar/index.php/gramma/article/view/7195

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 73 (2024): Dossier: Resilient literatures. Stories of political, social and ecological resistance

Section

Resilient literatures. Stories of political, social and ecological resistance

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