Women’s Exile and Transatlantic Epistolary Ties in the Work of Pilar de Zubiaurre

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9864322
AutoresIker González-Allende (0000-0002-8954-6696, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen95
Número2
Páginas211-226
Fecha de publicación2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHispania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-2133 • E-ISSN: 2153-6414
EditorialProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/hpn.2012.a478895
OpenAlexW1580544747
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas7

In this essay, I analyze Pilar de Zubiaurre’s experience of exile by focusing on the articles she published in the magazine Euzko Deya and the letters she wrote and received in Mexico. Among the letters Zubiaurre received, I study those from María Martos de Baeza. My main argument is that for Zubiaurre, writing became a fundamental way to cultivate her transnational contacts and build bridges across the Atlantic. Through her articles, she travels back home in her imagination, while through her letters she connects as directly as possible with her native country. Both kinds of writing have positive consequences for Zubiaurre, by bolstering a sense of emotional security, personal validation, and cultural pride. However, there are also some negative outcomes, such as bigger obstacles to assimilating into the host culture, as well as both frustration and stress, for example when letters are lost or the author cannot fulfill her wish to return home

Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Literature · Political science · Pride · Sociology · Wish · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Spanish Culture and Identity