Abstract:

This essay explores the theatricalization of neoliberal violence in two Mexican plays, Las Chicas del 3.5 Floppies by LEGOM and Sin/con/Fianza by H. Iván Arizmendi Galeno. These two remarkable works delve into the lives of sex workers in unnamed Mexican border towns to stage the intimacy and pervasiveness of a transactional economy and index the incorporation of violence into the body itself as a space of referentiality. More specifically, they use the aesthetics of parody to expose the gendered dyad of (female) prostitute and (male) narco that symbolize the "new" neoliberal Mexican nation. Through a sustained transgression of social and gender norms, the plays critique a neoliberal national imaginary that conceives of the body solely in transactional terms. Las Chicas del 3.5 Floppies and Sin/con/Fianza therefore advance the conversation regarding neoliberalism and performance by delving directly into the invisible forms of damage that are carried out in the name of a market-driven economy, and how that damage plays out upon the most vulnerable of bodies.

摘要：

本文探讨了两部墨西哥戏剧中新自由主义暴力的戏剧化， LEGOM 的Las Chicas del 3.5 Floppies 和H. Iván Arizmendi Galeno 的Sin/con/Fianza。这两部非凡的作品深入探讨了墨西哥边境城镇中性工作者的生活，展示了交易经济的亲密性和普遍性，并将暴力融入身体本身作为参照空间。更具体地说，他们使用戏仿的美学来揭露象征“新”新自由主义墨西哥国家的（女性）妓女和（男性）毒枭的性别对立。通过对社会和性别规范的持续违反，这些戏剧批评了一种新自由主义的国家想象，这种想象仅以交易的方式来构想身体。因此， Las Chicas del 3.5 Floppies和Sin/con/Fianza通过直接深入研究以市场驱动经济的名义进行的无形损害，以及这种损害如何在最脆弱的身体。