Necropolitics in the Andes: Reading the Senderista As Sovereign Subject or As Subject of Sovereignty in Two Peruvian Novels

This paper discusses ways in which literary representations of senderistas strive to humanise the figure of the necropolitically-defined state 'enemy' and do so within the broad moment of neoliberal consensus-building around the friend-enemy division in Peru. Drawing on Achille Mbembe'...

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Published in:	Bulletin of Spanish studies (2002) Vol. 97; no. 8; pp. 1363 - 1388
Main Author:	Hunt, Rosanna
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Routledge 13.09.2020
Subjects:	Literature Peru Roncagliolo Sendero Luminoso Shining Path terrorism Vargas Llosa
ISSN:	1475-3820, 1478-3428
Online Access:	Get full text
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