“Godless and Lawless”: Counter-Hegemonic Consciousness and Causes of La Violencia in El Cristo de Espaldas (1952) by Eduardo Caballero Calderón
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Eduardo Caballero Calderón, El Cristo de espaldas, La Violencia, decolonial thinkingAbstract
Despite having received considerable attention from literary critics, the novels of La Violencia in Colombia (1946-1967) have been scarcely analyzed from counter-hegemonic theoretical-critical perspectives, such as decolonial thinking. One of the best-known novels of La Violencia period is “El Cristo de espaldas” (1952) by Eduardo Caballero Calderón. This article argues that the Colombian novelist incorporates in his novel the counter-hegemonic consciousness of some of his characters, in order to elucidate the neocolonial oppression as well as the causes of La Violencia phenomenon in Colombia.
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