The Body in Juan José Torreola's Novel to Fair: Repression by Catholic Church and Ludic Defiance
Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Abstract
This article investigates the role of religion in Juan José Arreola's novel The fair. Drawing on studies of power and the body, it examines the bodies, illnesses and sins of the characters in religious contexts. It sustains that the emphasis on bodies demonstrates submission to the dominance of the Catholic Church. At The same time, the fair in the novel celebrates the body to confront such power
Publication Info
Preprint version Signos literarios, Volume 10, Issue 20, 2014, pages 64-76.
© Signos literarios, 2015.
Janzen, R. (2015). The body in juan josé torreola's novel to fair:repressionby catholic church and ludic defiance. Signos literarios 10(20), 64-76.
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© Signos literarios, 2015.
Janzen, R. (2015). The body in juan josé torreola's novel to fair:repressionby catholic church and ludic defiance. Signos literarios 10(20), 64-76.