Abstract

CIOLLI, Karina Gabriela. The Barking of “El Familiar”. Runa [online]. 2021, vol.42, n.2, pp.175-192.  Epub Aug 27, 2021. ISSN 1851-9628.  http://dx.doi.org/10.34096/runa.v42i2.8007.

This paper is an ethnographic analysis of El Familiar (The Relative), one of the most widespread myths in the Argentine northwest region. The analysis restores both the historicity of myth by analyzing its meaning and context of creation, and its effectiveness in the present. The main hypothesis of this paper is that myth not only operates by inflicting terror -a significant component previously addressed in other studies-, but it is also a long-range power initiative that is still prevailing in the territory. The methodology consists of an ethnographic research developed in the rural district of Santa Ana, located southwest of the Province of Tucumán, Argentina, from 2015 to 2018. Primary and secondary sources were analyzed to revisit the historicity of myth.

Keywords : Myth; Power Relationship; El Familiar; Santa Ana; Sugar Factory.

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