Periferias genéricas: la crónica y el documental frente a las urbanizaciones privadas

In the first decade of the XXI century Argentina, gated communities were the setting of a wide number of filmic and literary fictions that seemed to echo the attention the media was giving to the phenomenon due to its consolidation and the impact of a series of crimes that took place in them. However, they remained absent from non-fiction both in literature and film, genres traditionally concerned with the representation of the margin. This virtual representational void calls attention to the documentary short La ciudad que huye (Lucrecia Martel, 2006) and Mundo privado. Historias de vida en countries, barrios privados y ciudades cerradas (Patricia Rojas, 2007). These works uniqueness enables us to ponder on the spaces narrative possibilities, on non-fiction as genre and on its usual themes and subjects that seem to reject these privileged scenarios. Key words: Non-fiction, Gated communities, Literature and Film.