Cuentos cítricos: domesticity and violence in the short stories of Care Santos

Abstract

Este artículo evalúa la representación del femicidio y la violencia doméstica en una serie de cuentos de Care Santos considerando los cambios socio-políticos de los años 90 en España. Este análisis revela como las relaciones de violencia son un escenario para examinar los efectos de poder, tanto socialmente como artísticamente, al destacar las contradicciones dentro de los sistemas normativos de poder y los mecanismos que los sostienen.

This article assesses the representation of femicide and gender violence in a series of short stories by Care Santos taking into consideration the changing political and social climate of Spain during the 1990s. This analysis reveals that violent domestic relationships in Spain are an important site for the examination of power effects, both socially and artistically, as they highlight the internal contradictions of normative operations of power and the mechanisms that sustain them.