Open AccessDoce Horas: A Family Border Tale
Author(s) -
Angelique K. Dwyer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
portal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 1449-2490
DOI - 10.5130/pjmis.v16i1-2.6474
Subject(s) - biculturalism , adventure , neuroscience of multilingualism , epiphany , narrative , identity (music) , negotiation , perspective (graphical) , gender studies , mexican americans , sociology , history , genealogy , ethnology , art , ethnic group , aesthetics , anthropology , linguistics , literature , visual arts , art history , social science , philosophy
This creative non-fiction piece written in Spanglish called "Doce horas: A Family Border Tale" comically narrates my family's adventure crossing the U.S./Mexico border by car a few days after Three Kings Day (Epiphany). The story deals with identity negotiation, biculturalism and bilingualism in a non-conventional American family raised in Mexico. The narrative voice in my piece provides a unique perspective broadening dialogue(s) on Mexican American identity.