En la corte del Dios Blanco: folclore digital y gótico global en Mandíbula
Resumen
Este artículo cuestiona la posible presencia del folclore local en una época de folclore globalizado. A partir de las categorías críticas aportadas por los estudios góticos y los recientes debates sobre el folk horror, este artículo estudia el uso de los creepypasta (relatos de terror producidos y difundidos en internet que constituyen un ejemplo de folclore digital) en la novela Mandíbula (2018) de Mónica Ojeda. Al analizar la novela de Ojeda, pretendo demostrar cómo la adopción masiva de referencias folclóricas digitales sirve para desafiar las ansias de globalización y la desterritorialización que alimentan el texto e impregnan su narración de la adolescencia.
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Mónica Ojeda, gótico, creepypasta, folclore, folk horrorCitas
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