Thirsting for Change in Neolibeal Chile: Limpia (2023) by Alia Trabucco Zerán

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https://doi.org/10.7203/diablotexto.16.29029

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novel, Chile, neoliberalism, class consciousness, Alia Trabucco Zerán

Abstract

The novel Limpia (2022) by the Chilean writer Alia Trabucco Zerán relies on the metaphors of water and stone to express the sentiments of rebellion against the neoliberalization of Chilean society that inspired the country’s protest movements of 2019-2020. The profound loneliness of the fully neoliberalized subject is a result of the collapse of networks of relationships and care that resist monetization. The characters of the novel differ in the degree to which they have been able to harness market forces, yet they suffer from the same incapacity to connect with others.

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Author Biography

Olga Bezhanova, Southern Illinois University

Olga Bezhanova es doctora en literatura hispana por Yale University. Profesora de la literatura hispana y directora del departamento de lenguas extranjeras de Southern Illinois University. Autora de 4 libros y más de 40 artículos en el campo de estudios hispanos. Ha obtenido el Premio Victoria Urbano de la Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica (2013), el Premio al Mejor Libro de la Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas (2019) y la medalla de Panteleimon Kulish otorgada por la Academia de las Artes y Comunicaciones de Ucrania (2019). Sus artículos se han publicado en Revista de literatura, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Letras hispanas, Romance Quarterly, Hispanófila, Ístmica , etc.

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2024-12-23

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Bezhanova, O. (2024). Thirsting for Change in Neolibeal Chile: Limpia (2023) by Alia Trabucco Zerán. Diablotexto Digital, 16, 148–170. https://doi.org/10.7203/diablotexto.16.29029
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Vol. 16 (2024): Literatura política en español: inicios de una genealogía (siglos XX y XXI)

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