Sites of Exclusion and Sites of Inclusion: Spatial and Environmental Liminalities in Jimmy Santiago Baca’s Memoir Working in the Dark: Reflections of a Barrio Poet (1992)
Abstract:In a world-order articulated by a plethora of scientific/technological data, selfhood remains more elusive than ever. Identity-representation undergoes multiple and often overlapping metamorphoses, while the sense of self seems to be entangled in a constant rite to being, instead of aiming at a definitive crystallization. The aim of this paper is to explore sites of social interaction/control and the environmental liminalities arising at the interstices between subjugation and freedom (exclusion and inclusion)… Show more
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