Cuerpo y poder en dos obras de la literatura carcelaria cubana: Antes que anochezca y Perromundo
Abstract
Este artículo analiza la relación entre literatura y poder en dos obras de la literatura carcelaria cubana (la autobiografía de Reinaldo Arenas Antes que anochezca y la novela de Carlos Alberto Montaner Perromundo) teniendo en cuenta las investigaciones de Michel Foucault (Vigilar y castigar) y sus conceptos de “cuerpo político”, “cuerpo dócil” y “panóptico”. El preso es sometido a una jerarquía de poder en presidio y al mismo tiempo establece relaciones de poder con otros presos. Por ello, el espacio presidiario se convierte en un espacio de poder con significantes y significados varios.This paper analyses the relationship between literature and power in two works of Cuban prison literature (the Reinaldo Arenas autobiography Antes que anochezca and the Carlos Alberto Montaner novel Perromundo) taking into account the research of Michel Foucault (Surveiller et punir) and his concept of “political body”, “docile body” and “panopticon”. The prisoner is subjected to a power structure while he himself establishes power relationships with other prisoners. Therefore the prison space turns into a power space with numerous signifiers and significances.
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