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Significant Silence in Elena Garro's "Los Perros"
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Burke, Jessica – Hispania, 2010
Elena Garro's one-act play "Los perros" (1958) confronts the difficult issue of sexual violence in rural Mexico, a problem that persists today. The characters struggle with the social reality of rape, alluding to the threat of sexual violence while avoiding addressing it directly. While words are granted an almost magical power in…
Descriptors: Drama, Rape, Foreign Countries, Language Usage