The Construction of Hybrid Identities and Homelands in Jumpa Lahiri’s “Once in a Lifetime” and Uva de Aragon’s Memoria del Silencio
In “Once in a Lifetime” (2009) written by Jhumpa Lahiri and Memoria del Silencio (2002) by Uva de Aragón, we are introduced to the life stories of two young girls as members of the Bengal and the Cuban diasporas since both girls migrate, due to different reasons, to the U.S.A. From the postcolonial...
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Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Lenguas (CIFAL), Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Avenida Enrique Barros s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. Córdoba, Argentina. Correo electrónico: revistacylc@lenguas.unc.edu.ar
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/CultyLit/article/view/13226 |
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| Sumario: | In “Once in a Lifetime” (2009) written by Jhumpa Lahiri and Memoria del Silencio (2002) by Uva de Aragón, we are introduced to the life stories of two young girls as members of the Bengal and the Cuban diasporas since both girls migrate, due to different reasons, to the U.S.A. From the postcolonial perspective proposed by Madan Sarup in Identity, Culture and the Postmodern World (1996) I will analyze the basic and intimate sphere of the concept of “home” and how this concept turns into a hybrid space where different and, sometimes, opposed values, habits and customs coexist and, at the same time, influence and shape the subjectivities that emerge in those places |
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