"We are not just patriots of a country, but Citizens of the Planet "Children´s Identity Negotiations in Julia Alvarez´s Return to Sender

  1. Fernández García, Andrea
Revista:
Odisea: Revista de estudios ingleses

ISSN: 1578-3820

Año de publicación: 2016

Número: 17

Páginas: 101-118

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Tal y como sostiene Manuel Castells, la actual era global se caracteriza por una tensión dialéctica entre una visión globalista del espacio como un ente sin límites (“espacio de los flujos”) y una concepción esencialista que presenta el espacio como un ente dividido en partes claramente delimitadas (“espacio de los lugares”). Julia Álvarez retrata estas visiones antagónicas en su novela Return to Sender (2009), que ofrece la doble perspectiva de una niña inmigrante mexicana y un niño estadounidense que tratan de definir su propia identidad en un contexto global. Este artículo pretende analizar cómo estos personajes negocian tal paradoja, prestando especial atención a sus dilemas de identidad y a las estrategias empleadas para resolverlos.

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