Narco-trafficking and Camba Identity in Homero Carvalho Oliva’s La conspiración de los viejos
This article examines the novel’s use of the camba identity and the vestiges of narco-violence, embodied by a contract killer and the memory of a local drug baron, Roberto Suárez Gómez, to critique both the contemporary political tensions arising between the eastern departments of Bolivia and the MA...
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| description | This article examines the novel’s use of the camba identity and the vestiges of narco-violence, embodied by a contract killer and the memory of a local drug baron, Roberto Suárez Gómez, to critique both the contemporary political tensions arising between the eastern departments of Bolivia and the MAS administration, as well as the lack of collective dialogue regarding the region’s involvement in the history of the Bolivian drug trade. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc440db14f8a42b2ab8031a8b9324a2d2022-12-22T02:48:10ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghBolivian Studies Journal1074-22472156-51632022-12-0128018520610.5195/bsj.2022.213180Narco-trafficking and Camba Identity in Homero Carvalho Oliva’s La conspiración de los viejosDorian Lee Jackson0Kennesaw State UniversityThis article examines the novel’s use of the camba identity and the vestiges of narco-violence, embodied by a contract killer and the memory of a local drug baron, Roberto Suárez Gómez, to critique both the contemporary political tensions arising between the eastern departments of Bolivia and the MAS administration, as well as the lack of collective dialogue regarding the region’s involvement in the history of the Bolivian drug trade.http://bsj.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/bsj/article/view/213bolivian identitybolivian literaturecambacollective memorycrime fictiondrug traffickingevo moraleshomero carvalho olivanarcofiction |
| spellingShingle | Dorian Lee Jackson Narco-trafficking and Camba Identity in Homero Carvalho Oliva’s La conspiración de los viejos Bolivian Studies Journal bolivian identity bolivian literature camba collective memory crime fiction drug trafficking evo morales homero carvalho oliva narcofiction |
| title | Narco-trafficking and Camba Identity in Homero Carvalho Oliva’s La conspiración de los viejos |
| title_full | Narco-trafficking and Camba Identity in Homero Carvalho Oliva’s La conspiración de los viejos |
| title_fullStr | Narco-trafficking and Camba Identity in Homero Carvalho Oliva’s La conspiración de los viejos |
| title_full_unstemmed | Narco-trafficking and Camba Identity in Homero Carvalho Oliva’s La conspiración de los viejos |
| title_short | Narco-trafficking and Camba Identity in Homero Carvalho Oliva’s La conspiración de los viejos |
| title_sort | narco trafficking and camba identity in homero carvalho oliva s la conspiracion de los viejos |
| topic | bolivian identity bolivian literature camba collective memory crime fiction drug trafficking evo morales homero carvalho oliva narcofiction |
| url | http://bsj.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/bsj/article/view/213 |
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