Tormenta en el desierto: desastre socionatural y neoliberalismo en la literatura testimonial del 25M en Atacama

Gustavo Carvajal

doi:10.7764/Tl.75.33-65

Tormenta en el desierto: desastre socionatural y neoliberalismo en la literatura testimonial del 25M en Atacama

Translated title of the contribution: Desert storm: Socio-natural Disaster and Neoliberalism in the Testimonial Literature of the 25M in Atacama

Gustavo Carvajal^*

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This article analyses two recent examples of Chilean testimonial literature about the floods of March 25, 2015 (25M) in Atacama: Renacer entre el lodo by Hilda Olivares (2015) and LA DEFENSA: mi defensa by Brisa Mánquez (2016). The 25M was an extraordinarily unusual hydrometeorological event with catastrophic consequences for the area. This article will discuss some narrative strategies detected in both works and their role in denouncing the socio-natural disaster experienced. Ultimately, the study of both testimonies confirms their critical potential to reveal how some neoliberal structural conditions underlie the precariousness of the most vulnerable sectors of the region, intensified and revealed by the 25M.

Translated title of the contribution	Desert storm: Socio-natural Disaster and Neoliberalism in the Testimonial Literature of the 25M in Atacama
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	33-65
Number of pages	33
Journal	Taller de Letras
Issue number	75
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7764/Tl.75.33-65
State	Published - 1 Jan 2024

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