This Body Is Not Mine! An Analysis of the "Body - Consumption" and the Logic of the Market In “Mano de Obra” and “Impuesto A La Carne”, of Diamela Eltit

Abstract

In market logic, the bodies are the necessary element in the frantic search for satisfaction, the real exchange currency. From the dichotomous relationship the Diamela Eltit establisches language and narrative games that take the reader to deep reflections on the consequences derived from a globalized world and excluding. In this context, two books stand out revealing the degradation derived from the perverse capitalism seduction. In Mano de obra, men and women occupants of a degrading globalized place; whereas in Impuesto a la carne, female spectra wander and try to survive the harsh space of a hospital.