Host and guest in the 'Latino contact zone
Narrating solidarity and hospitalityin Mother Tongue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3852371 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dalia Kandiyoti (City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 421-446 |
| Publication date | 2004-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative American Studies An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1477-5700 • E-ISSN: 1741-2676 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1477570004048119 |
| OpenAlex | W2020319337 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article analyzes the representation of solidarity and hospitality in Latino-Latin American relationships and of transnational identities in Demetria Martínez's novel Mother Tongue. Through what is called a 'transnational romance', the novel explores the difficulties that unequal gender relations pose to transnational Latino solidarity, hospitality and identity. Drawing on the work of Richard Rorty and Jacques Derrida among others, this article, through an analysis of the representation of the Salvadoran refugee, Chicana cultural identity and what is seen as a gendered narrative sphere, explores how and why the transnational romance fails to represent solidarity and hospitality convincingly. It is argued that in a transnational Latino context, it might be more fruitful to base solidarity and hospitality not exclusively on similarity and pre-determined Latino identities but on 'asymmetrical reciprocity' (Iris Marion Young), partial knowledge and mutual recognition between Latinos whose cultures, origins and identifications vary widely. The acknowledgment of such difference, the article emphasizes, does not prevent but enhance the possibilities for representing the key practices of solidarity and hospitality in trans-American contexts.Keywords: CHICANA LITERATUREDEMETRIA MARTINEZGENDER RELATIONSHOSPITALITYLATINO IDENTITIESMOTHER TONGUESALVADORANS IN US LITERATURESANCTUARY MOVEMENTSOLIDARITYTRANSNATIONALISM Additional informationNotes on contributorsDalia KandiyotiDalia Kandiyoti is an Assistant Professor of English at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island. She has published articles on diaspora writing, the city in literature, feminist fiction, and Roland Barthes. She is at work on a manuscript on the idea of place in diaspora literature
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Contact zone · Hospitality · Linguistics · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Solidarity · Tourism · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2013 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |