Lost spaces and other identities: a file that opens to the south

Abstract

From the perspective of crítica biográfica fronteiriça (NOLASCO, 2013), this paper aims to evoke autobiographical character space starting from a fictional place. It regards the palace/cartel of the novel Trabajos del reino, a metaphor that takes the proportions of an archive that opens to the South. However, I theorize from my bios, based on the premise that, from a decolonial perspective, space is attached to the notion of time. In order to trace my personal experiences, instead of taking a chronological and temporal route, I divide this paper into three symbolic spaces that constitute me as a subject that inhabits the frontier of the colonial/modern world system: the palace, the castle, and the house, Therefore, the discussion will be illustrated with passages from the novel Trabajos del reino, by Mexican writer Yuri Herrera (2004). Thus, I carry on a search that will culminate in an autobiographical space linked to the name that refers to my identity, that is, a space, like so many others, that is lost and rescued to the South.