Approaching Borderlands. Literary Representation of the Border in the Novel Their dogs came with them by Helena María Viramontes

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https://doi.org/10.3989/aeamer.2016.2.05

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Chicana Literature, Helena Maria Viramontes, Borderlands, Barrio, Urban Space, Metaphor, Identity, Violence, Memory, Thirdspace

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Using three mutually interwoven theoretical approaches, the article analyses the complexity of the borderlands space in the literary representation of Los Angeles in the novel Their dogs came with them by Helena Maria Viramontes.

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2016-12-30

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Riebová, M. (2016). Approaching Borderlands. Literary Representation of the Border in the Novel Their dogs came with them by Helena María Viramontes. Anuario De Estudios Americanos, 73(2), 499–515. https://doi.org/10.3989/aeamer.2016.2.05

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