Heterotopías migrantes: contraespacios de Centroamérica y la frontera sur de México en “Yonqui” de Nadia Villafuerte

The objective of the following essay is to analize and reflect on the existent migrant heterotopias in the fictional story “Yonqui” by the Mexican writer Nadia Villafuerte, from her book Barcos en Houston (2005). For this purpose, the concept of “heterotopia” coined by Michel Foucault is taken into account. Likewise, the approach of the body is posed in two variants: as a drug user and as a bearer of tattoos. This allow to conceive the body of the female migrant character, protagonist of the aforementioned story as a heterotopic space which materializes in juxtaposition to the hostile space of Central America and the southern border of Mexico. For this reason, a dialogue with authors such as David Le Breton (body, tattoo), Giulia Sissa (substance abuse) and Peter Sloterdijk (drugs) is established.