The House on Mango Street is written by Sandra Cisneros who is a Mexican American.It gains more popularity among all social classes in America.Most researchers analyze this novel from the perspectives of feminism,post...The House on Mango Street is written by Sandra Cisneros who is a Mexican American.It gains more popularity among all social classes in America.Most researchers analyze this novel from the perspectives of feminism,post-colonialism,and post-modernism,but this paper puts emphasis on Chicana images from the perspectives of economic,social status,and masculine hegemony.This paper helps readers understand the living conditions of Chicana images and appeals us to pay more attention to this group of people.展开更多
Published in 1977, in the peak of Chicanismo--the social, cultural, and political movements that brought raza consciousness and profoundly influenced the creation of a modern Chicano/Chicana identity--Nash Candelaria...Published in 1977, in the peak of Chicanismo--the social, cultural, and political movements that brought raza consciousness and profoundly influenced the creation of a modern Chicano/Chicana identity--Nash Candelaria＇s novel, Memories of the Alhambra, reflects a complex vision of the concept of home. For the two generations of Chicanos （U.S. citizens） depicted in the novel, the United States represents the site of postcolonial tensions and （b）order-ed negotiations of a postmodern Chicano/Chicana identity through ethnic reinvention. This paper aims at analyzing the postcolonial significance of the home, as a geographical, ontological, and national space, and Candelaria＇s association of the concept with a postmodern and mestizo identity.展开更多
This essay analyzes the Mestizo consciousness in Borderlands:The New Mestiza,by Chicana writer Gloria Anzaldua,together with the short story“Olhos d'Agua”by the Afro-Brazilian writer Conceição Evaristo...This essay analyzes the Mestizo consciousness in Borderlands:The New Mestiza,by Chicana writer Gloria Anzaldua,together with the short story“Olhos d'Agua”by the Afro-Brazilian writer Conceição Evaristo.In both works,there is an attempt to return to the indigenous tradition as a way of opposing Western male domination.Both writers,belonging to historically marginalized social groups and finding themselves in the middle of two cultures,take elements from precolonial cultures in their texts to propose a decolonized new way of understanding the world.展开更多
文摘The House on Mango Street is written by Sandra Cisneros who is a Mexican American.It gains more popularity among all social classes in America.Most researchers analyze this novel from the perspectives of feminism,post-colonialism,and post-modernism,but this paper puts emphasis on Chicana images from the perspectives of economic,social status,and masculine hegemony.This paper helps readers understand the living conditions of Chicana images and appeals us to pay more attention to this group of people.
文摘Published in 1977, in the peak of Chicanismo--the social, cultural, and political movements that brought raza consciousness and profoundly influenced the creation of a modern Chicano/Chicana identity--Nash Candelaria＇s novel, Memories of the Alhambra, reflects a complex vision of the concept of home. For the two generations of Chicanos （U.S. citizens） depicted in the novel, the United States represents the site of postcolonial tensions and （b）order-ed negotiations of a postmodern Chicano/Chicana identity through ethnic reinvention. This paper aims at analyzing the postcolonial significance of the home, as a geographical, ontological, and national space, and Candelaria＇s association of the concept with a postmodern and mestizo identity.
文摘This essay analyzes the Mestizo consciousness in Borderlands:The New Mestiza,by Chicana writer Gloria Anzaldua,together with the short story“Olhos d'Agua”by the Afro-Brazilian writer Conceição Evaristo.In both works,there is an attempt to return to the indigenous tradition as a way of opposing Western male domination.Both writers,belonging to historically marginalized social groups and finding themselves in the middle of two cultures,take elements from precolonial cultures in their texts to propose a decolonized new way of understanding the world.
