Doce Horas: A Family Border Tale

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Angelique K. Dwyer

Abstract

This creative non-fiction piece written in Spanglish called "Doce horas: A Family Border Tale" comically narrates my family's adventure crossing the U.S./Mexico border by car a few days after Three Kings Day (Epiphany). The story deals with identity negotiation, biculturalism and bilingualism in a non-conventional American family raised in Mexico. The narrative voice in my piece provides a unique perspective broadening dialogue(s) on Mexican American identity.


 


 

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Author Biography

Angelique K. Dwyer, Gustavus Adolphus College

K. Angelique Dwyer is an Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, as well as chair of the Latina/o, Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LALACS) program at Gustavus Adolphus College. She has a B.A. in Communication Studies from I.T.E.S.O. (Guadalajara, Mexico) and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Latin American Literature from the University of Iowa. She specializes in Mexico / U.S. Intercultural Studies, Chicana / Latina Cultural Production, Performance Art and Film. Her research, teaching and civic engagement highlight identity politics in marginalized populations within a local and global terrain.