Paths for Location: Home(s) in Loida Maritza Pérez’s Geographies of home

Juliana Borges Oliveira de Morais

doi:10.17851/1982-0739.17.2.110-122

Autores

Juliana Borges Oliveira de Morais Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-0739.17.2.110-122

Palavras-chave:

Home, gender, race

Resumo

Geographies of home portrays a Dominican family who has immigrated to the United States. Home is presented in numerous ways by the women characters, pointing to a fluid rather than a fixed concept in the novel. Aurelia and Iliana are the objects of this analysis.

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Biografia do Autor

Juliana Borges Oliveira de Morais, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Doutoranda em Literatura Comparada / UFMG

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