Grant Nelsestuen Encompassing the literature, history, and culture of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the discipline historically—and Eurocentrically—known simply as “Classics” might initially appear peripheral to the theme of “borders,” as so evocatively conceived within this issue of the LACIS Review. This article traces some starting-points for thinking about how the bounds of the “classical” …
Stephen McNabb The construction of borders and the production of literature share a crossroads in the development of national identity, space, and customs. For better or worse, nations and their literatures are bordered spaces. Yet history lays bare that political and literary revolution hinges on pushing established boundaries to their limits. In the Latin American …
Juan Miguel Martínez Martínez Cuando pensamos en las formas en que la memoria histórica se articula en la literatura, o en el arte en general, no siempre imaginamos que esta se pueda presentar a través de lo fantástico. Esta separación entre la memoria y lo fantástico respondería a los objetivos que parte del arte memorialista …
Elmira Louie What is a border? Some perceive it geographically, marked by natural landmarks or military posts separating one nation from another (Popescu, 2011; Yuval-Davis et al., 2019; Turner, 2020). Others define borders theoretically as a third space where differences intersect (Anzaldúa, 1987; Sandoval 1997; Mignolo, 2000). As this journal demonstrates, the more diverse forms …