Specter and Truth in Fabio Rubiano's Labio de liebre (venganza o perdón) , or On the Subversive Drama in Inextricable Times

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Published: Sep 22, 2019
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Colombia, victims, paramilitarism, drama, ghost.

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Juliana Espinal
University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

This article reflects on Labio de liebre (venganza o perdón) (2015), written by Colombian playwright Fabio Rubiano. My hypothesis is that this play subverts an unfair governmental dynamic that privileged the paramilitary discourses over the narratives of their victims. Through the figure of the ghost, Rubiano attends the victim's demands for justice and memory.

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Vol. 54 (2019)
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Author Biography

Juliana Espinal, University of California, Los Angeles

She is a Ph.D. Candidate in Spanish and Portuguese at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She earned a MA and a BA Degree in Philosophy from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, respectively. Her main areas of research are Neoplatonism and Medieval Philosophy. In the past years, in parallel to her interest in medieval thinking, Juliana has been working in Politics of Memory and representations of paramilitarism in South America, principally in Colombia.