The Cult of Literacy and the Representation of Bar Language in Bachata del Ángel Caído: Master Narrative of The Dominican Republic During Post-Trujillo Era

Authors

  • Amilkar Caballero De la Hoz Universidad del Atlántico
  • Eliana Díaz Universidad del Atlántico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15648/cl.23.2016.3

Abstract

This paper analyzes the reconfiguration of the notion of nation, the emergence of new subjectivities and the relationships among them that Pedro Antonio Valdez, a Dominican writer, does in his first nov- el, Bachata del ángel caído, within the context of socio-economic reforms car- ried out by Joaquin Balaguer in the Do- minican Republic at the end of the 20th Century. I claim that this writer intends to “present” those subjectivities by insert- ing pieces of bachatas and boleros that help to illustrate those reconfigurations and by mocking the intellectual of the Boom and the representation this one made of subaltern subjects.

 

Keywords: Bachata music, Representation, Subjec- tivities, Parody, Intellectuals.

How to Cite

Caballero De la Hoz, A., & Díaz, E. (2016). The Cult of Literacy and the Representation of Bar Language in Bachata del Ángel Caído: Master Narrative of The Dominican Republic During Post-Trujillo Era. Cuadernos De Literatura Del Caribe E Hispanoamérica, (23), 39–58. https://doi.org/10.15648/cl.23.2016.3

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Published

2016-11-24

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