Drug trafficking and family dissolution in Hijos de la nieve (2000) by José Libardo Porras
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.elc.n47a07Keywords:
family decomposition, Hijos de la nieve, Medellin, drug trafficking, sociological criticismAbstract
The novel Hijos de la nieve deals with the consequences of drug trafficking in a low income family in Medellin during the 1980's. Drug trafficking, on one hand, axiologically degrades the eldest son, Capeto, and on the other, causes the inevitable dissolution of the family unit. I propose that the novel constructs an allegory between society and drug trafficking, in which each member of the González family represents a social “actor” of the time.
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