Construcciones discursivas del desecho y la violencia lenta en Strange as this Weather Has Been, de Ann Pancake
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https://doi.org/10.12795/REN.2022.i26.08Palabras clave:
montañero, minería de desplazamiento de cima, mundo narrativo, comunidades des-imaginadas, violencia lenta, econarratologíaResumen
Este artículo aborda la representación de la destrucción medioambiental en las regiones mineras de los Apalaches en la novela Strange as this Weather Has Been (Ann Pancake, 2007). El libro de Pancake sigue la separación de una familia de seis miembros en la zona sur de West Virginia y nos presenta los dilemas que deben enfrentar, en particular si deberían marcharse o bien quedarse y organizarse en oposición a la compañía energética. Busco analizar el modo en que la novela verbaliza la experiencia material y corporizada de cada personaje que se enfrenta a la destrucción medioambiental, así como a la representación de la violencia lenta. Centrándome en el pasado (y presente) extractivista de los Apalaches, propongo que el texto contribuye a contrarrestar los prejuicios existentes en contra de la población blanca pobre en la región al promover la empatía del lector a través de las desalentadoras condiciones medioambientales reflejadas en el mundo narrativo de la novela.
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Aceptado 2022-11-20
Publicado 2022-12-29
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