Homes on Borders in Chicano Literature

Homes on Borders in Chicano Literature

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In “Borderlands/La Frontera” (1987), Gloria Anzaldúa writes about the “tradition of long walks” (11) across physical and imaginary borders, which defines her Mexican-American people.The borderland is both a space of transit and a state Suncatcher Ornament of transition from where the Chicanos venture into unknown territories.Their identity is constructed around and across space(s).In this paper, I seek to examine the Chicanos’ fluid spatial identity in their searches for a real home, in Pat Mora’s “House of Houses”, Sandra Cisneros’ “The House on Mango Street”, Gloria Anzaldúa’s “Borderlands/La Frontera”.

I argue that in these literary and Right Arm autobiographical works, the cosy domestic home is impossible to find because of constant displacement and imposed mobility.