Keywords
radical injustice
dictatorship.
trauma
radical injustice
la dictadura.
How to Cite
Abstract
In this article the Dominican dictador Trujillo’s strategies of totalitarian control will be analyzed as portrayed in La fiesta del Chivo: he projects himself as the Father of the Nation while at the same time he systematically weakens family structures through his continual sexual violation of Dominican women. Urania Cabral is representative of the trauma suffered by these victims of the dictador, and Brett Levinson’s concept of “radical injustice” will help illuminate the difficult process of recovery for these members of a posdictatorial society.References
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