Diary of an Undocumented Dreamer. Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre-American Life and the Heterogeneity of American Life

Autores/as

  • Juan Poblete University of California-Santa Cruz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37536/cr.2021.16.2985

Palabras clave:

indocumentado, DACA, ciudadanía, ilegalidad, Dreamer

Resumen

El ensayo analiza el texto Diary of an Undocumented Dreamer. Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre-American Life de Alberto Ledesma (2017). La autobiografía gráfica de Ledesma ilustra con gran vividez sus esfuerzos por hacerle justicia a su propia historia en tanto indocumentado, al menos durante un período de su vida, al mismo tiempo que propone esa vida como un caso paradigmático en la vida de los indocumentados en general. Esta oscilación entre la singularidad y el reclamo de un grado mayor de representación se transforma en uno de los ejes del texto y constituye una de sus más importantes contribuciones en lo político y cultural.

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Publicado

2021-05-20

Cómo citar

Poblete, J. (2021). Diary of an Undocumented Dreamer. Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre-American Life and the Heterogeneity of American Life. Camino Real. Estudios De Las Hispanidades Norteamericanas, 13(16), 123–139. https://doi.org/10.37536/cr.2021.16.2985