When the border educatesMalín Alegria’s Sofi Mendoza’s Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico (2007)

  1. Ibarraran-Bigalondo, Amaia
Revista:
IJES: international journal of English studies

ISSN: 1578-7044

Año de publicación: 2016

Volumen: 16

Número: 1

Páginas: 19-32

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.6018/IJES/2016/1/232781 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Resumen

The border between the United States and Mexico, since it was first conceived in 1848, has marked the lives of those who live on both of its sides, as well as of those who want to cross it. It has also become the source of a vast array of theoretical and artistic work. Chicano writers have written about it, and so have theorists dealt with its meaning and conceptual implications. The aim of this essay is to observe the way Malín Alegrías Sofi Mendoza’s Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico (2007), a novel for young adults, serves as a way for young adults to “evolve a moral consciousness” (Scharf 1980), through a process of “critical witnessing” (López 2009) of what it means to be on one or the other side of la frontera.

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This essay has been completed under the auspices of the research group REWEST financed by the Basque Government (Grupo Consolidado IT608-13) and the University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (UFI 11/06). The research carried for its writing has also been funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (code: FFI20114-52738-P).

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