De las secuelas de la historia: La violencia urbana en tres ataúdes blancos

Abstract

Contemporary cities are constantly growing, making that geographical boundaries turn out to be sliding, the major is the number of inhabitants, urban spaces resemble a realm of anonymity in which the violence is normalized and even legitimized as a necessary practice to defend oneself from the other, which is always perceived as a threat to be guarded against. Urban violence acquires multiple forms, expands adapting to any change, configures the way of living the city, frames the practices of the different social actors and leaves sequels or marks that are manifested in the esthetic representations of the city, as is the case of the urban novel Three white coffins (Tres ataúdes blancos) written by Antonio Ungar from Bogotá.