Translingual literature: The bone people and Borderlands

Author

Jill Marie Murphy

Date of Award

2005

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in English Composition

Department

English

First Advisor

Atkinson, Yvonne

Second Advisor

Chen, Rong

Third Advisor

Hyon, Sunny

Abstract

This thesis proposes that by producing and existing within a translingual text, the ethnofeminist has found a way to subvert others' construction of her and redefine her identity. In particular, the ethnofeminist uses code switching to select and reinvent meaning from the language system of the dominant culture while maintaining the language system of the "marginal" group. In combining two (or more) language systems within a literature she has created her own language.

Recommended Citation

Murphy, Jill Marie, "Translingual literature: The bone people and Borderlands" (2005). Theses Digitization Project. 2755.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2755