Unmasking the Nation: Disputing of National Myths in the Work of Cristina GarcÃa
Unmasking the Nation: Disputing of National Myths in the Work of Cristina García
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77686 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree. | en_US |
| dc.format | Monograph | |
| dc.format.medium | Electronic Resource | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY. | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dcterms.abstract | This thesis examines the ways in which Dreaming in Cuban, Monkey Hunting and A Handbook to Luck, three novels by Cristina Garcia, contradict and deconstruct popular national myths. In each novel, characters move between nations at key moments in each nation's history. Tracking these individuals' movements within a larger geopolitical framework allows for a new understanding of subaltern migration patterns. In each chapter, a specific aspect of movement is studied illustrating ways in which subaltern people are motivated and/or coerced to move from one nation or another, how their story becomes coopted by the larger national myth and where their small acts of rebellion can be traced in the counter responses by larger geo-political forces interested in the subjection of individuals. The patterns that emerge when tracking subaltern movement exist in direct conflict with established myths of nation-building. The ultimate end of this thesis is to shed light on Garcia's nation debunking project and begin a conversation on the true motivation behind the emigration of subaltern subjects. | |
| dcterms.available | 2017-09-20T16:53:19Z | |
| dcterms.contributor | Burgos-LaFuente, Lena. | en_US |
| dcterms.contributor | Charnon-Deustch, Lou | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | Christinat, Jaimee Lyn | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2017-09-20T16:53:19Z | |
| dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2017-09-20T16:53:19Z | |
| dcterms.description | Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature. | en_US |
| dcterms.extent | 90 pg. | en_US |
| dcterms.format | Application/PDF | en_US |
| dcterms.format | Monograph | |
| dcterms.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77686 | |
| dcterms.issued | 2014-12-01 | |
| dcterms.language | en_US | |
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| dcterms.publisher | The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY. | |
| dcterms.subject | Caribbean literature | |
| dcterms.subject | Cristina GarcÃa | |
| dcterms.subject | Cristina García | |
| dcterms.title | Unmasking the Nation: Disputing of National Myths in the Work of Cristina GarcÃa | |
| dcterms.title | Unmasking the Nation: Disputing of National Myths in the Work of Cristina García | |
| dcterms.type | Thesis |
