Homes on Borders in Chicano Literature
| Autor: | Tucan Gabriela |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Romanian Journal of English Studies, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 65-70 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1584-3734 2286-0428 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/rjes-2019-0008 |
| Popis: | In “Borderlands/La Frontera” (1987), Gloria Anzaldúa writes about the “tradition of long walks” (11) across physical and imaginary borders, which defines her Mexican-American people. The borderland is both a space of transit and a state of transition from where the Chicanos venture into unknown territories. Their identity is constructed around and across space(s). In this paper, I seek to examine the Chicanos’ fluid spatial identity in their searches for a real home, in Pat Mora’s “House of Houses”, Sandra Cisneros’ “The House on Mango Street”, Gloria Anzaldúa’s “Borderlands/La Frontera”. I argue that in these literary and autobiographical works, the cosy domestic home is impossible to find because of constant displacement and imposed mobility. |
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