The Inscription of Violence on the Culture Body: Junot Diaz&apos

The human body becomes the place where historical, cultural, social, political and gender wounds can be inscribed. The fragility of the human body is one of the main topics in Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2008). In this sense, the Dominican past of the main characters and their...

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Authors: Carrasco Carrasco, Rocío, Mesa González, María Cinta
Format: article
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repository:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Language:English
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25706
Access Level:Open access
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Violence
Identity
In-between
Dominican Republic
The United States of America
Cuerpo
Violencia
Identidad
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República Dominicana
Estados Unidos
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spelling The Inscription of Violence on the Culture Body: Junot Diaz&aposs The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoCarrasco Carrasco, RocíoMesa González, María CintaBodyViolenceIdentityIn-betweenDominican RepublicThe United States of AmericaCuerpoViolenciaIdentidadLiminalRepública DominicanaEstados Unidos6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica LiterariasThe human body becomes the place where historical, cultural, social, political and gender wounds can be inscribed. The fragility of the human body is one of the main topics in Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2008). In this sense, the Dominican past of the main characters and their new lives in the United States are quite important in their physical and psychological growth. The main characters find themselves in a liminal space from where they have to decide whether to change the negative cultural aspects and adapt to their new experiences as a self in-between or to remain as their old selves. The main characters are frustrated because they do not fit into the cultural canons. On the one hand, violence becomes for them the only way to relieve their frustrations. On the other one, the lack of violence becomes the best way to put an end to their past suffering and to achieve a new identity that fits with the new circumstances. Their final outcome will depend on their decisions.Universidad de Valladolid20172017-05-0120172017-05-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10272/25706reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/257062026-06-02T14:58:11Z
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title The Inscription of Violence on the Culture Body: Junot Diaz&apos
spellingShingle The Inscription of Violence on the Culture Body: Junot Diaz&apos
Carrasco Carrasco, Rocío
Body
Violence
Identity
In-between
Dominican Republic
The United States of America
Cuerpo
Violencia
Identidad
Liminal
República Dominicana
Estados Unidos
6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
title_short The Inscription of Violence on the Culture Body: Junot Diaz&apos
title_full The Inscription of Violence on the Culture Body: Junot Diaz&apos
title_fullStr The Inscription of Violence on the Culture Body: Junot Diaz&apos
title_full_unstemmed The Inscription of Violence on the Culture Body: Junot Diaz&apos
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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Carrasco Carrasco, Rocío
Mesa González, María Cinta
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Mesa González, María Cinta
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Violence
Identity
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Dominican Republic
The United States of America
Cuerpo
Violencia
Identidad
Liminal
República Dominicana
Estados Unidos
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topic Body
Violence
Identity
In-between
Dominican Republic
The United States of America
Cuerpo
Violencia
Identidad
Liminal
República Dominicana
Estados Unidos
6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
description The human body becomes the place where historical, cultural, social, political and gender wounds can be inscribed. The fragility of the human body is one of the main topics in Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2008). In this sense, the Dominican past of the main characters and their new lives in the United States are quite important in their physical and psychological growth. The main characters find themselves in a liminal space from where they have to decide whether to change the negative cultural aspects and adapt to their new experiences as a self in-between or to remain as their old selves. The main characters are frustrated because they do not fit into the cultural canons. On the one hand, violence becomes for them the only way to relieve their frustrations. On the other one, the lack of violence becomes the best way to put an end to their past suffering and to achieve a new identity that fits with the new circumstances. Their final outcome will depend on their decisions.
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