| ID | 091786 |
| Title Proper | Cultural twins and national others |
| Other Title Information | allegories of intralatino subjectivities in U.S Latino/A literature |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Aparicio, Frances R |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This essay traces various literary and scholarly articulations of what I call intralatino subjectivities. First, I examine the power dynamics, identifications and divergences in the interactions and encounters between two latinos of different national origin, and secondly, the identity negotiations and complexities of the intralatino/a subject, that is, the subject that has two or more different Latino national identities, such as the MexiRican. By tracing these discourses of representation in various scholarly texts, I examine the way in which these intralatino/a sites have been represented both as utopian cultural spaces and as sites of complicated and contradictory cultural borrowings and influences. A detailed reading of two novels, Memory Mambo by Achy Obejas, and Mothertongue by Demetria Martinez, proposes that these two fictional texts are allegorical explorations of intralatino/a relations. A reading of these two novels from the point of view of the colonial analogies between groups serves well in understanding the potential that Latinos have as a pan-identity to create points of solidarity and convergence while still maintaining respect for each other's differences and specificities. |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 16, No. 5; Sep-Oct 2009: p.622 - 641 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 16, No. 5; Sep-Oct 2009: p.622 - 641 |
| Key Words | Hybrid Identities ; National Identities ; US Latino / A Literatures ; Colonialism |