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 thesis is to explore Anzaldua’s autobiographical book Borderlands/La Frontera:The New Mestiza,to discuss how multicultural environment influenced Gloria,why she considers herself as a border person,a person with...This thesis is to explore Anzaldua’s autobiographical book Borderlands/La Frontera:The New Mestiza,to discuss how multicultural environment influenced Gloria,why she considers herself as a border person,a person with multiple identities,to analyze how she struggles in a land where there is uniformity between sexual oppression and racial oppression,refusing to be reduced to the“other”.I will briefly introduce Anzaldua’s early experience as well as her identity as a colored lesbian.Her life is a crossover where gender,racial,sexuality,class problem connect with each other.In the first part,I will discuss about Anzaldua’s idea of taking Ideology as culture tyranny which creates visible and invisible pressure from outside that keeps shaping Chicano’s sense of self,objectifying the colored people.In the second part,I will analyze the oppression that Chicano women suffer from the male dominated white society,and how the ideological oppression shapes their identity.In the third part,I will explore Anzaldua’s radical theory--“new Mestiza consciousness”.展开更多
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 thesis is to explore Anzaldua’s autobiographical book Borderlands/La Frontera:The New Mestiza,to discuss how multicultural environment influenced Gloria,why she considers herself as a border person,a person with multiple identities,to analyze how she struggles in a land where there is uniformity between sexual oppression and racial oppression,refusing to be reduced to the“other”.I will briefly introduce Anzaldua’s early experience as well as her identity as a colored lesbian.Her life is a crossover where gender,racial,sexuality,class problem connect with each other.In the first part,I will discuss about Anzaldua’s idea of taking Ideology as culture tyranny which creates visible and invisible pressure from outside that keeps shaping Chicano’s sense of self,objectifying the colored people.In the second part,I will analyze the oppression that Chicano women suffer from the male dominated white society,and how the ideological oppression shapes their identity.In the third part,I will explore Anzaldua’s radical theory--“new Mestiza consciousness”.
