La experiencia personal de la violencia sistémica, el estigma social y la vulnerabilidad estructural en The Spinning Heart de Donal Ryan
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Literatura irlandesa, Violencia, Estigma, Vulnerabilidad, Donald Ryan, El corazón que giraResumen
El objetivo de este artículo es examinar cómo se representa la conexión entre violencia sistémica, estigma social y vulnerabilidad estructural en la novela social The Spinning Heart, publicada por el escritor irlandés Donal Ryan en 2012. Esta obra, ampliamente premiada, describe el colapso del denominado “Celtic Tiger” (“Tigre Celta”) y sus devastadores efectos en un pequeño pueblo rural de Irlanda desde múltiples puntos de vista. Aunque hay veintiún narradores en primera persona, uno por capítulo, Bobby Mahon destaca entre todos ellos. De hecho, la historia de este capataz de la construcción conecta con las presentadas por los demás personajes. A través de todos ellos, Ryan denuncia las prácticas y procedimientos a los que instituciones, grupos e individuos poderosos y privilegiados recurren en la Irlanda contemporánea para ejercer su control o autoridad sobre los más desfavorecidos, fomentando así un clima de violencia. En este artículo se presta especial atención a la naturaleza de los patrones de agresión y hostilidad desarrollados por los protagonistas de la novela, pero también al impacto adverso que estos patrones inicuos, opresivos y estigmatizadores tienen sobre sujetos vulnerables al sobrecargarlos física, psicológica, cultural y económicamente. Para el análisis de la obra, se emplearán las teorías sobre violencia sistémica que Michael Staudigl expone en Phenomenologies of Violence (2014), las nociones sobre estigma social que Imogen Tyler’s presenta en Stigma. The Machinery of Inequality (2020), los planteamientos en torno a la vulnerabilidad estructural que Judith Butler propone en Vulnerability in Resistance (2016) y la visión del patriarcado que Pierre Bourdieu ofrece en Masculine Domination (2001).
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