Memory and migration in Behold the Dreamers

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This paperpresentsafirst approach toBehold the Dreamers, written bytheCameroonian Imbolo Mbue and published in 2016. The novel revolves around a young couple who emigrates to The United States motivated by an only dream: the desire for a better life. We will explore the text, in broad terms, from a...

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Autor principal: Zabala, Amalia Noemí
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Departamento de Letras - Facultad de Humanidade 2022
Materias:
Memoria cultural
Olvido
Migración
Imbolo Mbue
Asimilación
Cultural memory
Oblivion
Migration
Assimilation
Acceso en línea:https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/letras/article/view/4418
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spelling I22-R128-article-44182024-12-09T16:00:27Z Memory and migration in Behold the Dreamers Memoria y migración en Behold the Dreamers Zabala, Amalia Noemí Memoria cultural Olvido Migración Imbolo Mbue Asimilación Cultural memory Oblivion Migration Imbolo Mbue Assimilation This paperpresentsafirst approach toBehold the Dreamers, written bytheCameroonian Imbolo Mbue and published in 2016. The novel revolves around a young couple who emigrates to The United States motivated by an only dream: the desire for a better life. We will explore the text, in broad terms, from a memory studies’ perspective to examine the representations of cultural memory in a migratory setting. The association between migration and memory is typically based on the yearning of the homeland and the sense of belonging, as well as thequest forpreserveone’s ownculture. Mbue’s novel, however, examines other ways of constructing memory and its counterpart,oblivion. The desire not to remember certain traditions, customs and experiences is a way of constructingmemory and it is associated, in the novel,with cultural assimilation. The analysis will also be focused on how the construction of femininity is closely related to the cultural memories of a society and to the transcultural memory of the migrant communities. The concepts ofcultural memoryby Jan Gassmann (2011) andtranscultural memoryby Astrid Erll (2011), among others, will be central for the purposes of this analysis. Este trabajo presenta un primer acercamiento a Behold the Dreamers, escrita por la camerunés Imbolo Mbue y publicada en 2016. La novela gira en torno a una joven pareja que emigra a Estados Unidos motivada por un único sueño: el deseo de una mejor vida. Abordaremos el texto, en términos generales, desde la perspectiva de los estudios de la memoria para examinar las representaciones de la memoria cultural en un contexto migratorio. La asociación entre migración y memoria a menudo se basa en la añoranza del lugar de origen y el sentimiento de pertenencia, así como en la búsqueda de preservar la cultura propia. La novela de Mbue, sin embargo, examina otros modos de construir la memoria y su par complementario, el olvido. El deseo de no recordar ciertas tradiciones, costumbres y vivencias es una forma de construir memoria y se asocia, en la novela, con la asimilación cultural. Se focalizará, asimismo, en cómo la construcción de la feminidad está estrechamente relacionada con las memorias culturales de una sociedad y con la memoria transcultural de las comunidades migrantes. Para los fines de este análisis serán importantes los conceptos de memoria cultural de Jan Assmann (2011) y memoria transcultural de Astrid Erll (2011), entre otros. Departamento de Letras - Facultad de Humanidade 2022-12-13 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/letras/article/view/4418 Language and Literature Magazine; No. 40 (2022): Revista de Lengua y Literatura; 82-93 Revista de Lengua y Literatura; Núm. 40 (2022): Revista de Lengua y Literatura; 82-93 2408-4646 0327-1951 spa https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/letras/article/view/4418/61412 Derechos de autor 2022 Revista de Lengua y Literatura https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/
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topic Memoria cultural
Olvido
Migración
Imbolo Mbue
Asimilación
Cultural memory
Oblivion
Migration
Imbolo Mbue
Assimilation
spellingShingle Memoria cultural
Olvido
Migración
Imbolo Mbue
Asimilación
Cultural memory
Oblivion
Migration
Imbolo Mbue
Assimilation
Zabala, Amalia Noemí
Memory and migration in Behold the Dreamers
topic_facet Memoria cultural
Olvido
Migración
Imbolo Mbue
Asimilación
Cultural memory
Oblivion
Migration
Imbolo Mbue
Assimilation
author Zabala, Amalia Noemí
author_facet Zabala, Amalia Noemí
author_sort Zabala, Amalia Noemí
title Memory and migration in Behold the Dreamers
title_short Memory and migration in Behold the Dreamers
title_full Memory and migration in Behold the Dreamers
title_fullStr Memory and migration in Behold the Dreamers
title_full_unstemmed Memory and migration in Behold the Dreamers
title_sort memory and migration in behold the dreamers
description This paperpresentsafirst approach toBehold the Dreamers, written bytheCameroonian Imbolo Mbue and published in 2016. The novel revolves around a young couple who emigrates to The United States motivated by an only dream: the desire for a better life. We will explore the text, in broad terms, from a memory studies’ perspective to examine the representations of cultural memory in a migratory setting. The association between migration and memory is typically based on the yearning of the homeland and the sense of belonging, as well as thequest forpreserveone’s ownculture. Mbue’s novel, however, examines other ways of constructing memory and its counterpart,oblivion. The desire not to remember certain traditions, customs and experiences is a way of constructingmemory and it is associated, in the novel,with cultural assimilation. The analysis will also be focused on how the construction of femininity is closely related to the cultural memories of a society and to the transcultural memory of the migrant communities. The concepts ofcultural memoryby Jan Gassmann (2011) andtranscultural memoryby Astrid Erll (2011), among others, will be central for the purposes of this analysis.
publisher Departamento de Letras - Facultad de Humanidade
publishDate 2022
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