Stereotypical Representations of the Border Space in some Mexican Fictions about Tijuana
The city of Tijuana, the quintessential archetype for thinking the social and cultural dynamics of life on the border, has been described and represented to the point of exhaustion in literature. Tijuana as a transit point without culture or past, Tijuana as the laboratory of postmodernity and Tijua...
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doaj-4f720c01d4f642d99a449fc073aafcb22021-09-02T09:33:11ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghCatedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana2169-08472019-01-0161137038810.5195/ct/2018.332146Stereotypical Representations of the Border Space in some Mexican Fictions about TijuanaFelipe Oliver0Universidad de GuanajuatoThe city of Tijuana, the quintessential archetype for thinking the social and cultural dynamics of life on the border, has been described and represented to the point of exhaustion in literature. Tijuana as a transit point without culture or past, Tijuana as the laboratory of postmodernity and Tijuana asthe international capital of organized crime are some of the frequent common places in the literature about Tijuana. This article reviews some fictions of Californians authors such as Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz, Heriberto Yépez and Luis Humberto Crosthwaite to deconstruct the most common prejudices and stereotypes around the unique Mexican border city.http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/332TijuanaFronteraGabriel Trujillo MuñozHeriberto YépezLuis Humberto Crosthwaite |
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Felipe Oliver Stereotypical Representations of the Border Space in some Mexican Fictions about Tijuana Catedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana Tijuana Frontera Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz Heriberto Yépez Luis Humberto Crosthwaite |
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Stereotypical Representations of the Border Space in some Mexican Fictions about Tijuana |
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Stereotypical Representations of the Border Space in some Mexican Fictions about Tijuana |
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Stereotypical Representations of the Border Space in some Mexican Fictions about Tijuana |
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Stereotypical Representations of the Border Space in some Mexican Fictions about Tijuana |
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Stereotypical Representations of the Border Space in some Mexican Fictions about Tijuana |
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stereotypical representations of the border space in some mexican fictions about tijuana |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh |
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Catedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana |
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2169-0847 |
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2019-01-01 |
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The city of Tijuana, the quintessential archetype for thinking the social and cultural dynamics of life on the border, has been described and represented to the point of exhaustion in literature. Tijuana as a transit point without culture or past, Tijuana as the laboratory of postmodernity and Tijuana asthe international capital of organized crime are some of the frequent common places in the literature about Tijuana. This article reviews some fictions of Californians authors such as Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz, Heriberto Yépez and Luis Humberto Crosthwaite to deconstruct the most common prejudices and stereotypes around the unique Mexican border city. |
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Tijuana Frontera Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz Heriberto Yépez Luis Humberto Crosthwaite |
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http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/332 |
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