MAPPING THE MATRICENTRIC: METAPHOR, SPATIALITY, AND DISCOURSE IN COLOMBIAN LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND FILM
MAPPING THE MATRICENTRIC: METAPHOR, SPATIALITY, AND DISCOURSE IN COLOMBIAN LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND FILM

Summary/Abstract: This study examines the paradox of Colombian matricentricity, a cultural system that is both revered and deeply entangled with violence. Employing an interdisciplinary cultural studies approach, it triangulates autoethnography, Colombian scholarship, and cultural artefacts to investigate the formation of this system. Through the lenses of metaphor, discourse, and spatiality, it considers three case studies: maternal archetypes in Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, the public discourse of musician Juanes, and feminine spatiality in Catalina Mesa’s film Jericó. The analysis reveals how these artefacts collectively position the maternal as a central organising principle. Although further research is necessary, this study finds that matricentricity constitutes a pervasive force shaping Colombian identity, memory, and social relations, offering a vital framework for interpreting its complex lived realities.

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