@PHDTHESIS{ 2023:661576442,
 	title = {Migration, culture(s) and identity(ies) in Sandra Cisneros : the crossing of borders},
 	year = {2023},
 	url = "https://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/10723",
 	abstract = "The experience of migration and the construction of hybrid identities is the main theme of this thesis, which aims at showing how these aspects are represented in some of Mexican American writer Sandra Cisneros? literary texts, namely the novel Caramelo, the short story Woman Hollering Creek, and the poem Jarcer?a Shop. The identification and the discussion of cultural aspects that are present in this process are also approached since they are a key element in the analysis presented here. The dynamics of migration, its causes and consequences are part of many controversial discussions in industrial societies of our times. This is an important discussion especially in a powerful nation like the United States of America, not only because it is the greatest recipient of immigrants in the world, but also because it carries the mark of the conquest of the American Southwest. Conceptions of culture and identity are intertwined in these reflections for the reason that they do not dissociate from these discussions as they are involved in the constitution of symbolic forms. The texts chosen for this study are of three different genres and they bring social and cultural practices of characters who experience migration in different forms, but who have in common the search for a better life. They illustrate the difficult crossing from one culture to another. In view of the fact that their main characters are female, they also offer reflections upon being a woman and accepting her own roots while inserted in a different environment and often times facing sexism, racism, and social prejudice. Cultural Studies provide the main theoretical framework used in this analysis. Stuart Hall?s The Question of Cultural Identity and his Essential Essays provide conceptions and reflections on migrant communities, cultural identities and dislocated subjectivities. Alberto Melucci?s Il gioco dell?io is considered in the discussion of identity in global society. Terry Eagleton and John B. Thompson?s ideas and presuppositions around the conceptions of culture(s) are also included in this study, among other authors such as Denys Cuche, who approaches the notion of culture in the Social Sciences. The investigation demonstrated that the characters? experiences of migration and relatedness to it are crucial to the understanding of their internal conflicts which result from the presence of rather opposed cultural values. Additionally, not only cultural aspects matter in these characters? construction of hybrid identities, but also, and most importantly, the strong bond that connects them with their ancestors.",
 	publisher = {Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio Grande do Sul},
 	scholl = {Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Letras},
 	note = {Escola de Humanidades}
}