The violence of machismo in Adiós, Tomasa by Geney Beltrán Félix

Abstract

Geney Beltrán Félix proposes in Adiós, Tomasa a review of the patterns of violence that are instilled from childhood and that affect the most vulnerable beings such as women and children. In a mountainous area, where communications and the presence of the government are characterized by their absence, the proliferation of illicit activities prevails that are promoted by the presence of drug trafficking and State corruption, which is turning the Mexican Golden Triangle into a space geographical area where tragic experiences caused by rapes, crimes and criminal acts in this cleavage zone abound. This work will analyze the irruption of violence in the family and social that prevails in the town of Chapotán derived from cultural machismo and that, together with the intimidating threats of organized crime, disrupt the lives of people who try to survive despite danger and others who give up and cling to the American dream by opting for the migrant adventure. The autobiographical element and the child focus will be the resources with which the author will immerse us in a Mexico with a crude and grotesque scenario of contemporary reality that establishes its imaginary territory on the restlessness and violence of society, showing how violence and hatred generated by the drug business have gradually changed the social dynamics of the north of the country.