Pitman, T (2015) Hipertexto y biculturalidad en dos proyectos autobiográficos de las artistas latinas Lucia Grossberger Morales y Jacalyn Lopez Garcia. Revista Laboratorio (13). ISSN 0718-7467
Abstract
A number of critics have identified the concept of hypertext as ideally suited to conveying the complexities of living with/between two or more cultures, homelands, temporalities, belief systems and/or aesthetic sensibilities. However, many others have feared the rampant growth of the internet, facilitated by its hypertextual architecture, precisely because of its potential to impose US culture and values on less dominant groups the world over. Sidestepping such concerns, two prominent Latina/Chicana artists working with digital and networked media in the mid 1990s did indeed identify the expressive possibilities of hypertext as most suited to their autobiographical explorations of biculturality. This article explores the artistic works produced as a result: Latina artist Lucia Grossberger Morales”s Sangre Boliviana (1992-2002) and Chicana artist Jacalyn Lopez Garcia”s Glass Houses (1997). It considers the artists’ intentions regarding the representation of a specifically gendered biculturality in their works and how, in their view, a hypertextual (and possibly networked) medium is most suited to this. It also examines the various tropes they use to “visualise” their expression of gendered biculturality, particularly with regards to their pertinence to the new media in which they are working.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This work is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. |
Keywords: | art; autobiography; biculturality; hypertext; Latina |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Spanish & Portuguese (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2016 16:16 |
Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2016 16:16 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Universidad Diego Portales |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93424 |