Beyond the Latina BoomNew Directions within the Field of US Latina Literature

  1. Macarena García-Avello 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Cantabria
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    Universidad de Cantabria

    Santander, España

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Revista:
Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

ISSN: 0210-6124

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 41

Número: 1

Páginas: 69-87

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.28914/ATLANTIS-2019-41.1.04 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

Resumen

Este artículo pretende identificar una generación de autoras, aún poco conocidas, que ha promovido una nueva corriente dentro del campo de la literatura latina estadounidense del siglo XXI. Más allá de la relevancia del boom latino de la década de los ochenta y noventa, esta nueva generación difiere de sus precesoras en importantes aspectos, evidenciando así un cambio de paradigma que se examinará a lo largo de este artículo. Para ello, se analizarán tres de las novelas canónicas del boom: The House on Mango Street (1984) de Sandra Cisneros, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (1991) de Julia Álvarez y Dreaming in Cuban (1992) de Cristina García. Estos textos se contrastarán con Soledad (2001) de Angie Cruz, Days of Awe (2001) de Achy Obejas y Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties (2004) de Felicia Luna Lemus. La tesis de la que parto es que mientras las autoras del boom crean una síntesis o un tercer espacio asociado a la conciencia de la frontera de Gloria Anzaldúa, la generación más reciente de escritoras ofrece representaciones de sexualidades no normativas que ahondan en la ambigüedad impidiendo toda resolución.

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4 The research underpinning this article was conducted within the framework of the project “Transnational Post-Westerns: Global Impact of a Regional Myth,” financed by the Government of Cantabria (SODERCAN/ FEDER 13.JU21.64661).

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