Metaphor of hell on the northern Mexico border
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https://doi.org/10.24197/cel.14.2023.549-578Keywords:
border, violence, Mexico, northern literature, desert narrative, hellAbstract
The northern border of Mexico is seen by Mexican writers as an abyss through which beings from the underworld pass. These are the pateros and polleros who cross the undocumented to the other side of the border, immigration agents from USA, Americans searching for unbridled fun, murderers and thugs, and even the commons inhabitants of the north. The border, as it‘s a place of passage, brings violence and insecurity that make it a hell for everyone who approaches to the border. This Avern is formed by the borders that separate people, by the cities hosting, and by the natural landscapes, such as the desert, the river and, even, the mountains, that don’t protect anyone.
This paper analyzes the use of the metaphor of hell to describe the violence that is generated around the border between Mexico and United States.
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