Ayotzinapa as a social trauma subject to dispute: Performative episodes and configuration as a moral performance

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4322/dilemas.v17.n.1.55107

Keywords:

Ayotzinapa, 43 disappeared, Forced disappearance, Moral performance, Cultural pragmatics

Abstract

This paper proposes a model of performative analysis on the main episodes that have stimulated the presence in public opinion of the disappearance of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. From the perspective of the civil sphere theory and cultural Pragmatics, we discuss the predominant analytical perspectives to interpret the symbolic construction of Ayotzinapa, while offering an analytical perspective that allows us to understand the way in which this event has been configured as a social trauma subject to deep normative disputes and as a moral performance.

Author Biography

Andres Rincon Morera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, DF, México

Estudiante postdoctoral en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), becario del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales y bajo la supervisión de la profa. dra. Marcela Meneses Reyes.

Published

2024-02-06