Antígona and the Modernity of the Dead
2007; University of Toronto Press; Volume: 50; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3138/md.50.4.517
ISSN1712-5286
Autores Tópico(s)Latin American and Latino Studies
ResumoThis essay analyses the play, Antígona, by Peruvian poet José Watanabe, developed in 2000 in collaboration with the actress Teresa Ralli, long-time member of the Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani. The story of Antigone is retold in the aftermath of the long period of civil violence in Peru from 1980 to 2000, shaped by the armed conflict waged between the Marxist–Maoist group Sendero Luminoso (the Shining Path), led by Abimael Guzmán, and the military, ultimately led by the president-turned-dictator, Alberto Fujimori. Watanabe's Antigone is aligned with contemporary citizens searching for missing family members “disappeared” by the state or assassinated by the Shining Path; Ismene is aligned with those who did not act during the war but are invited to seek justice today.
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