CUENTOS CÍTRICOS: DOMESTICITY AND VIOLENCE IN THE SHORT STORIES OF CARE SANTOS

Abstract

This article assesses the representation of femicide and gender violence in a series of short stories by Care Santos taking into consideration the changing political and social climate of Spain during the 1990s. This analysis reveals that violent domestic relationships in Spain are an important site for the examination of power effects, both socially and artistically, as they highlight the internal contradictions of normative operations of power and the mechanisms that sustain them.