Transnational Community in Demetria Martínez's Mother Tongue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4882848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ariana Vigil, Ariana E Vigil (University of Nebraska–Lincoln, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 54-76 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meridians (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-6936 • E-ISSN: 1547-8424 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/mer.2009.10.1.54 |
| OpenAlex | W2045778539 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Relying on feminist theory concerning difference, identity, gender, and solidarity, "Transnational Community in Demetria Martínez's Mother Tongue" reads Martínez's 1994 novel through a transnational feminist lens. I point out that Mother Tongue complicates identification with the other and resists the impulse by characters to elide national, racial, and sexual difference. However, the articulation of community identities and the portrayal of characters as members of both oppressed communities and communities in resistance offers a new and provocative way to understand how individuals interact with identity and attend to important differences while nonetheless working for global change. The resulting analysis contributes to literary scholarship that seeks to understand how characters, authors, critics, and activists create and articulate transnational identities, an analysis particularly relevant given the history of intervention of the U.S. in El Salvador and the recent historic presidential elections in both nations
Aesthetics · Art · Articulation (sociology) · Identity (music) · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Solidarity · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |