“Big Empty Negroes” and “Gay, Exciting” Mexicans: Recontextualizing Fellaheen Identities in Jack Kerouac’S On The Road

The term ‘Fellaheen’ is used in On the Road to collectively refer to marginalized ethnic groups. My article looks at constructions of Fellaheen identities in the novel, exploring representations of racial and gendered images in mainstream 1950s America. The article argues that the main characters’...

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Main Author: Eftychia Mikelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Zaragoza 2012-03-01
Series:Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies
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Online Access:https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/9088