The Utopia/Dystopia of Latin America's Margins
Writing Identity in Acadia and Aztlán
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5857611 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam Spires |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 65 |
| Pages | 107-136 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue canadienne des études latino-américaines et caraïbes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0826-3663 • E-ISSN: 2333-1461 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08263663.2008.10816942 |
| OpenAlex | W2029517053 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In this article I study the representation of identity in the literary traditions of Acadia and Aztlán, arguing in favour of their mutual belonging to Latin America, and that the struggle to exercise Latin independence in the midst of an Anglophone-dominated world leads to parallel visions of their respective pasts, and futures. Specifically, I examine how both cultures rewrite the pre-colonial past as eutopian (a happy space), whereas they view the post-colonial future as dystopian (ill-fated): a deployment of Utopian literature's critical force that is interpreted as a strategic response to marginalization. The objective of the study is two-fold. First, based on a comparative and contrastive analysis of representative texts, it is my contention that, in addition to more obvious Latin commonalities, there is a shared Latin identity crisis that unites these two otherwise disparate spaces. Second, the article illustrates how the shift from Utopian to dystopian representation in Acadian and Chicano writing has emerged from the recent collapse of their respective independence movements under the weight of globalization
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art history · Colonialism · Dystopia · Identity (music · Independence (probability theory · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Utopia · Vision · Anthropology · Canadian Identity and History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Short Stories in Global Literature · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |