Research into bogeymen conducted in Andalusia in Spain reveals that children have not only been afraid of the Sacamantecas [Fat-extractor], the Hombre del saco [Sack Man] and other famous fictional characters. Their progenitors have also used real individuals to scare them into obedience. The social production of bogeymen operates through stereotypical categorization of marginalized individuals that fall into ‘abnormality’ archetypes: the drunkard, the drug addict, the criminal, the madman, the witch and the gypsy, but also the cripple, the beggar, the vagabond and even the peddler. Analysing the memories of those who were children between the 1930s and the end of the 20th century, this paper connects discourse on bogeymen with the symbolic...
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Research into bogeymen conducted in Andalusia in Spain reveals that children have not only been afra...
This paper explores the experiences, practices and discourses of fear of children aged between 9 and...
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Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel El hablador (1987) is a parody of anthropological discourse and practice....
El propósito del presente estudio es comparar unos relatos escritos bajo la dictadura franquista con...
Este estudio se ha realizado para conocer y evaluar la interiorización de los falsos mitos del amor...
Research into bogeymen conducted in Andalusia in Spain reveals that children have not only been afra...
This paper explores the experiences, practices and discourses of fear of children aged between 9 and...
Este artículo analiza comparativamente la figura de los niños monstruosos en dos obras de ficción co...
Este artículo se centra en la figura mitológico-folclórica del coco, analizando su origen etimológic...
Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), higher priest of all things apocalyptic and titanic...
We discuss in this paper a mythological and folkloric figure, the coco, analyzing its etymological o...
El ejercicio del control persiste a través de las épocas, y los comportamientos sociales del colecti...
La novela inconclusa Conspiración en el país de Tata Batata (2014) de Ezequiel Martínez Estrada pres...
La crítica no ha dudado en destacar la posición preponderante del realismo en el cuento español de l...
In Monica Ojeda’s work, there is a fascination for the unknown that alters the integrity of everyday...
The pseudo-historicity, spurious attribution and alleged translation of a lost manuscript was a para...
In the thirties, the Ecuadorian literature experiments an important change in its themes as well as ...
Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel El hablador (1987) is a parody of anthropological discourse and practice....
El propósito del presente estudio es comparar unos relatos escritos bajo la dictadura franquista con...
Este estudio se ha realizado para conocer y evaluar la interiorización de los falsos mitos del amor...