LIMINALLY ANGLOPHONE WOR(L)DS: M.G. SANCHEZ’S GIBRALTARIAN STORIES

Authors

  • Tijana Parezanović

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2024.16.19

Keywords:

Gibraltarian literature, M. G. Sanchez, deterritorialization, politicalness, collective value, liminality

Abstract

This paper deals with the 2006 collection of stories by acclaimed Gibraltarian author M.G. Sanchez, titled Rock Black: Ten Gibraltarian Stories. These stories focus on the lives of young Gibraltarians in the 1980s and 1990s, which are largely determined by the place they inhabit. The paper approaches the stories as an example of Deleuze and Guattari’s minor literature, with the premise that the imagery and style which make these stories a minor literature are rooted in the anthropological concept of liminality. As the analysis reveals, characters who occupy Sanchez’s Gibraltarian world live in a state of permanent liminality, which contributes to the elusiveness of their identity and makes it unalignable with any fixed category in the Anglophone literary sphere.

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Published

2024-12-30

How to Cite

Parezanović, T. (2024). LIMINALLY ANGLOPHONE WOR(L)DS: M.G. SANCHEZ’S GIBRALTARIAN STORIES. Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 16(1), 383–398. https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2024.16.19

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2024): BELLS - volume 16

Section

LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES

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