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Abstract

Esta disertación examina una serie de representaciones literarias sobre revueltas populares, ocurridas a lo largo del siglo XX en América Latina. La tesis analiza un circuito heterodoxo de textualidades: novelas, crónicas, autobiografías, folletos, memorias, antologías poéticas, etc., producidas a propósito de la Revolta da Vacina (Río de Janeiro 1904), El Bogotazo (1948), El Cordobazo (1969) y El Caracazo (1989). La disertación analiza la obra de autores canónicos como Lima Barreto, Manuel Zapata Olivella, Martín Caparrós y, menos canónicos, como José Vieira, José Antonio Lizarazo y Yeniter Poleo, entre otros. En sus obras, estos intelectuales intentan explicar el sentido de las revueltas, atribuyéndose una comprensión de la violencia popular desde la autoridad de la letra. Esta disertación sostiene, por tanto, que estas obras sobrecodifican la violencia popular dentro de un campo de sentido intelectual, y que esta literatura es posible leer una serie de ansiedades letradas sobre las transformaciones demográficas, raciales y políticas, de la ciudad latinoamericana del siglo XX. En síntesis, esta disertación tiene como objetivo analizar una serie de discursos que interpretaron y definieron la violencia popular, poniendo de relieve la función pública del intelectual latinoamericano vis-à-vis el adevenimiento político de las masas populares-urbanas.

Alternate abstract:

This dissertation examines literary and cinematic representations of urban riots and political unrest in Latin America throughout the twentieth-century. Rather than working on the Revolutionary canon, I work on a series of revolutions that “never were,” uprisings that failed challenging the State. My study focuses on novels, chronicles, poems, and autobiographies around the “Revolta da Vacina,” (Río de Janeiro 1904), “El Bogotazo” (1948), “El Cordobazo” (1969), and “El Caracazo” (1989). I analyze work by authors such as Lima Barreto, Manuel Zapata Olivella, Martín Caparrós, and less canonical writers such as José Vieira, José Antonio Lizarazo, and Yeniter Poleo. These public intellectuals interpret and explain urban violence, and position themselves as authorities in understanding these revolts. I argue that this cultural production codifies violence either as an irrational expression or as part of a teleological revolutionary process. Furthermore, I claim that in these texts we can read intellectuals’ anxieties about demographic, racial, and political transformations of the Latin American city. My research aims to understand a series of discourses that interpreted and defined urban violence during the twentieth-century. It ultimately contributes to the ongoing conversation on collective violence by foregrounding the political role of literature and cinema in representing crowds and cities.

Details

1010268
Title
Rebeliones urbanas: Narrativas sobre la violencia popular Latinoamericana
Alternate title
Urban Rebellions: Narratives on Latin American Popular Violence
Number of pages
166
Degree date
2018
School code
0165
Source
DAI-A 80/06(E), Dissertation Abstracts International
ISBN
978-0-438-83483-5
Committee member
Anderson, Thomas; Heller, Ben; Jauregui, Carlos; Wells, Sarah A.
University/institution
University of Notre Dame
Department
Romance Languages and Literatures
University location
United States -- Indiana
Degree
Ph.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
Spanish
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
13836297
ProQuest document ID
2176031613
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/rebeliones-urbanas-narrativas-sobre-la-violencia/docview/2176031613/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Database
ProQuest One Academic