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Lopez-Abadia Laya, Anamaria (2021). The truth behind the man-truck and other car-driven hybrids in Adriano Gonzalez Leon's El arco en el cielo (1967) and Pais portable (1969). deSignis (34). S. 104 - 108. PARIS: FEDERACION LATINOAMERICANA SEMIOTICA. ISSN 2462-7259

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Abstract

With the man-truck of the story The arch in the sky and the 'man-tire', as it will be nicknamed the protagonist of Portable country, Adriano Gonzalez Leon deepens a reflection started in his stories Asphalt-hell (1962) on the interaction between people and the means of mobility within the framework of the power relations that sustain these interactions. Following the postulate of Bruno Latour in his book The Hope of Pandora, which explores the intrinsic relationship between the human and the nonhuman, and that the works of Gonzalez Leon fictionalize, this paper explores the criticism within the metaphor of the man-vehicle in the face of the official discourse that accompanies the development and use of transport systems. Some of the relevant aspects to deal with in this context are the perception of time and space in the imaginary of these characters and how they articulate a cultural memory that differs from the progressive and linear version of power entities.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lopez-Abadia Laya, Anamaria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-565045
DOI:	10.35659/designis.i34p105-111
Journal or Publication Title:	deSignis
Number:	34
Page Range:	S. 104 - 108
Date:	2021
Publisher:	FEDERACION LATINOAMERICANA SEMIOTICA
Place of Publication:	PARIS
ISSN:	2462-7259
Language:	Spanish
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Linguistics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56504