Género, identidad y multilingüismo en la escritura chicana reciente de autoría femenina

Livia Santos de Souza

doi:10.30827/rl.vi28.21369

Authors

Livia Santos de Souza Universidad Federal de la Integración Latino Americana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/rl.vi28.21369

Keywords:

multilingualism, translingualism, U.S. Latinx writing, women's writing

Abstract

What role does the Spanish language play in the work of young Latin American female authors born in the United States? What impact does this double belonging, both culturally and linguistically, have on the reception and circulation of narratives? This article seeks to answer these questions based on the analysis of the works of two Chicana writers whose texts reflect on the relationship between language, gender and identity: Myriam Gurba and Kali Fajardo-Anstine. In Mean, Gurba constructs stories that constantly mention the linguistic transit and that are sometimes produced by this movement between languages. In Fajardo-Anstine’s short story collection Sabrina & Corina, Spanish is present as a latent force. Both writers deal with the formative experiences of young Latinas in the United States. In this context, the linguistic tension, in addition to a stylistic function, represents a central node for understanding the intersection between gender and identity.

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