Puerto Rican Culture and Identity as Seen in Rosario Ferre's The House on the Lagoon
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2008-12
Authors
Lopez, Melissa Z. Mercado
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Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to analyze how Puerto Rican author Rosario Ferré presents a unique Puerto Rican perspective through the female characters in her novel The House on the Lagoon, and how these female characters struggle with issues of race, gender, and class as it unfolds within Puerto Rican culture and history.
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Puerto Rico, Ferre, Rosario, Identity, Culture
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Lopez, M. Z. M. (2008). <i>Puerto Rican culture and identity as seen in Rosario Ferre's The House on the Lagoon</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.