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Trans-Urban Narratives: Literary Cartographies and Global Cities in the Urban Imagination of Mexico and the U.S
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| 자료유형 | 학위논문 |
|---|---|
| 서명/저자사항 | Trans-Urban Narratives: Literary Cartographies and Global Cities in the Urban Imagination of Mexico and the U.S. |
| 개인저자 | Ramirez Mendez, Alejandro. |
| 단체저자명 | University of California, Los Angeles. Spanish. |
| 발행사항 | [S.l.]: University of California, Los Angeles., 2018. |
| 발행사항 | Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018. |
| 형태사항 | 239 p. |
| 기본자료 저록 | Dissertation Abstracts International 79-10A(E). Dissertation Abstract International |
| ISBN | 9780438009813 |
| 학위논문주기 | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2018. |
| 일반주기 |
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: A.
Adviser: Hector Calderon. |
| 요약 | This dissertation examines how narratives from Mexican and Mexican-American writers interconnect urban landscapes and cultures in the transnational context of the twenty-first century. This study focuses on what I call "trans-urban narratives," |
| 요약 | In Chapter One, I examine the intersection, interconnection and fusion of Mexico City and Chicago in post-national narratives. I analyze the short story "Chicago" (2008) by Juan Villoro, focusing on how the main character --a Mexican taxi driver |
| 요약 | In Chapter Two, I continue the social, political and cultural exploration of Chicago and Mexico City but through the analysis of Caramelo (2002) by Sandra Cisneros. In this chapter, I argue that the multiple trips between Chicago and Mexico City |
| 요약 | In Chapter Three, by analyzing Mexican-American writer Alejandro Morales's novel, The Rag Doll Plagues (1992), I introduce the intrinsic mechanisms of spatial decolonization that allow to heal processes of segregation, aberrant social practices, |
| 요약 | In Chapter Four, I analyze the material and immaterial connections between Mexico City and New York. In Valeria Luiselli's Los ingravidos (2011), I explore the ghostly, almost ethereal nature ( ingravidez) of her protagonists --a young woman li |
| 일반주제명 | Latin American literature. American literature. Comparative literature. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
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