«Misa Fronteriza», of Luis Humberto Crosthwaite: Literature and Identity from the Border

Authors

  • Tarik Torres Mojica Universidad del Salvador

Keywords:

World-Culture, Postmodernity, Identity, Border, Contemporary Literature, «Misa Fronteriza», Luis Humberto Crosthwaite

Abstract

«Misa fronteriza», by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite, is a life testimony and a re-elaboration of the border reality; a festive mixture between the argumentative and the narrative genre, Mexican popular music and world culture, a text that goes between profane and religious discourse. In this article the author makes an hermeneutic approach to «Misa fronteriza» and reflectson the way that Mexican Northern Literature is a reflex of the recent global changes occurred in the appreciation of identities and literary arts.

Author Biography

Tarik Torres Mojica, Universidad del Salvador

Licenciado en Comunicación, maestro y doctor en Letras Modernas por la Universidad Iberoamericana (México). Profesor del Departamento de Estudios Culturales, de la División de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades,de la Universidad de Guanajuato Campus León.

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Published

2016-04-28

How to Cite

Torres Mojica, T. (2016). «Misa Fronteriza», of Luis Humberto Crosthwaite: Literature and Identity from the Border. Gramma , 26(55), 104–119. Retrieved from https://p3.usal.edu.ar/index.php/gramma/article/view/3644

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 55 (2015)

Section

INVESTIGACIÓN

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