Scoring the National Hym(e)n: Sexuality, Immigration, and Identity in Najat El Hachmi's "L'últim patriarca."
This essay examines how "L'últim patriarca" rewrites the story of Peninsular territory and identity, long rendered as a gendered space violated by African invaders. Drawing on Derrida's images of the hymn/ hymen as liminal sites, it explores the complexities of immigrant identity through a focus on...
| Publicado en: | Hispanic Review Vol. 81; no. 3; pp. 353 - 377 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Summer2013
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