“So Many Stars that Yell Above and None Is Seen”

Malandra Court and the Symbolic Representation of Urban Violence in Venezuela

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  • Daniuska González González Simón Bolívar University

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https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.10.2013.24.14

Keywords:

Malandra court, urban violence representations, Venezuela

Abstract

Urban violence enters into, and creates interstices in both public and private life of Venezuelans and, as revealed by academic studies to the mass media, has made Caracas one of the most chaotic and unsafe cities in the world by the number of murders, robberies, and kidnappings, with latent cultural anxiety (Martin‑Barbero), in which the majority of its inhabitants lives. Hence that is drawn around an imaginary, in some cases established by their own players. In this paper, we will seek an approach to urban violence, emphasizing the dynamics of new forms of representation, and the emergence of alternative discourses of hegemony, which set up a fresh look on it.

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Author Biography

Daniuska González González, Simón Bolívar University

Ph.D. in Humanities (Universidad Central de Venezuela). Master’s degree in Contemporary Latin American Literature (Universidad Simón Bolívar). Associate Professor in the Language and Literature Department at Simón Bolívar University. Her research focuses on contemporary Latin American literature, primarily in the areas related to political and urban violence. Among her books are La escritura bárbara. La narrativa de Roberto Bolaño (Fondo Editorial Cultura Peruana, Lima, 2010). Some of her essays and poems have been published in Spain, Italy, France, USA, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Costa Rica, to name only a few.Professor and researcher at the Social Sciences Department and the Political Science Post grade in Simon Bolivar University, Caracas‑ Venezuela. Ph.D. in History. Master’s degree in Development Planning. Master’s degree in Communication for Defense and Armed Conflicts, Historian. Research interests: Civil‑ Military Relations in Contemporary Venezuela; Security and Defense in Contemporary Latin America; Epistemology of History. To date, he has published over 30 articles in compiled books and scientific journals and over 10 articles in proceedings of scientific congresses. Also, he has participated in more than 40 scientific congresses.

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2013-05-15

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González González, Daniuska. 2013. “‘So Many Stars That Yell Above and None Is Seen’: Malandra Court and the Symbolic Representation of Urban Violence in Venezuela”. Politeja 10 (2 (24):233-42. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.10.2013.24.14.

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (24) (2013): Venezuelan studies

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