Research Article
Border as Post Space in Reyna Grande’s The Distance Between Us
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.27-4-2019.2285322, author={E. Ngestirosa Endang Woro Kasih and Ida Rochani Adi and Nur Saktiningrum}, title={Border as Post Space in Reyna Grande’s The Distance Between Us}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd English Language and Literature International Conference, ELLiC, 27th April 2019, Semarang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ELLIC}, year={2019}, month={7}, keywords={border chicano chaos mexican postspace postcolonial}, doi={10.4108/eai.27-4-2019.2285322} }- E. Ngestirosa Endang Woro Kasih
Ida Rochani Adi
Nur Saktiningrum
Year: 2019
Border as Post Space in Reyna Grande’s The Distance Between Us
ELLIC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.27-4-2019.2285322
Abstract
Reyna Grande’s The Distance Between Us delivers another definition of a term border illustrated by the Mexican immigrants or later called Chicano in the United States. To construct the definition, Sara Upstone’s postcolonial theory is applied for the analysis of the novel. Literally, ‘border’ is considered a gate as a place to provide an entrance or an opening used for passage. Thus, this novel depicts the mixture of cultures as a result of struggle committed by the main character of the novel through the passage. However, due to the emergence of chaos as the result of the mixing process, the border is not solely interpreted as a geographical territory but considered a postspace as the mixing involves a breach to an area or space.