Abstract

VANEGAS, Orfa Kelita. Head dressed as night: the imaginary of evil and decapitation in Fiesta en la madriguera [Down the Rabbit Hole] by Juan Pablo Villalobos. La Palabra [online]. 2016, n.28, pp.89-101. ISSN 0121-8530.

This study is centered on the symbolism of decapitation in Fiesta en la madriguera [Down the Rabbit Hole] by Juan Pablo Villalobos. This work of fiction proposes a language to refer to the decapitation of the human body as a radical expression of evil will. And even though the figuration of extreme violence is a repetitive topic in contemporary Mexican literature; what captures the reader's attention here is the novelty of the narrative focus, which reconstructs a narco-imaginary of evil from a child's perspective. As operational image of evil, the representation of decapitation makes us reflect about the inteligible nature of the human being, and constitutes a space of replies againt the politics of abjection located in the heart of the subject, society, and State.

Keywords : Juan Pablo Villalobos; decapitation; drugtraffic violence; evil will; sociopolitical order.

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