Entre | Fantasmas

: The ghostly representation of the desaparecidos serves as a way for survivors to process trauma. These "ghosts" lurk in obsessive thoughts and dreams, evidencing the lack of closure in a state where a body is never found.

In her critical work Entre héroes, fantasmas y apocalípticos (Between Heroes, Ghosts, and Apocalyptics), Anadeli Bencomo examines how the Mexican chronicle uses these archetypes to describe a landscape of social and political crisis. Entre Fantasmas

The following essay explores "Entre Fantasmas" (Among Ghosts) through these lenses, focusing on how memory, urban space, and historical trauma manifest as spectral presences in contemporary Spanish-language literature. Memory as a Structural Force: Valeria Luiselli : The ghostly representation of the desaparecidos serves