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T1 Diasporic journeys : memoirs by Puerto Rican writers in the US
A1 Haydée Rivera, Carmen
K1 Critical article
K1 Ensayo
K1 Puerto rican diaspora
K1 Latina writers
K1 Transnationalism
K1 Transnational subjectivity
K1 Identity
K1 Bilingualism
K1 Oral history
K1 Feminism
K1 Race
K1 Gender
K1 Diáspora puertorriqueña
K1 Escritoras latinas
K1 Transnacionalismo
K1 Subjetividad transnacional
K1 Identidad
K1 Bilingüismo
K1 Tradición oral
K1 Raza
K1 Género
K1 Humanidades
K1 Historia de América
K1 America-History
K1 Arte
K1 Art
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
AB This article examines the ways in which Judith Ortiz Cofer and Esmeralda Santiagouse their memoirs to explore issues of identity, race, and gender as essential componentsof a transnational subjectivity implicitly embedded in their development as womenstraddling two cultures, two languages, and two geographic spaces. In their works, OrtizCofer and Santiago come to terms with the experience of migration and with theimplications this experience has on their relationship to family, culture, and theperpetuation of traditions in and outside of their homespace. The value of generationalstorytelling, heritage, history, cultural identity, bilingualism, and the development of afeminist consciousness are further scrutinized by each writer as they both question andembrace their bilingual/bicultural realities as a new form of being, rooted in theirintrinsic connection to the island and their determination to insert their lived experienceinto the American literary tradition.
PB Instituto B. Flanklin de Estudios Norteamericanos. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/8338
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/8338
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 19-abr-2024