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Exploding languages. Translation and rebellion against linguistic "normalization" in three narratives before and after the chilean social outbreak

Abstract

The following article reflects on linguistic "normalization", based on three books published before and immediately after the Chilean social outbreak of October 18, 2019: El sistema del tacto, by Alejandra Costamagna, Poeta chileno, by Alejandro Zambra and Piñen, by Daniela Catrileo. These narratives reveal critical sensitivities and perceptions of contemporary Chile, and dismantle a series of hegemonic approaches to the family, education and particularly, the idea of a national language, by showing the fractures of this conception and linguistic diversity in a country that until very recently was perceived as “monolingual”.

Keywords:
chilean social outbreak; linguistic norm; multiterritorialization; translation

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