Hosts, Guests and Parasites in Helena Maria Viramontes' “The Cariboo Café”

The correlation between immigrants and parasites is a common theme in political discourse. The nation-state assumes the role of a living organism that allows the entrance of an alien, a guest of sorts, who, in turn, endangers the wellbeing of the host. Such is the initial vision of the migrant woma...

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Main Author: Jesús Benito Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Zaragoza 2018-12-01
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/6303