Gabriela Coronado Gabriela Coronado i(A126808 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Mexican
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2 Entre Ausencias Gabriela Coronado , 2009 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Portal , vol. 6 no. 1 2009;

— Appears in: Portal , vol. 8 no. 2 2011;

'Utilizando el género epistolar, una carta a mi madre, reflexiono sobre mi nueva vida e identidad como emigrante en Australia explorando mis percepciones sobre la diferencia cultural y lingüística. Lejos de mis hijas y nietos en México, en esta carta, tardíamente escrita, relato mis recuerdos, nostalgias y vivencias en el nuevo ambiente, y sobre todo, hablo de mis dificultades para manejar emocionalmente mi miedo a la ausencia en los momentos importantes del ciclo de vida, la enfermedad y la muerte.' -- Author's abstract

[Translation: Utilising the epistolary genre, in a letter to my mother I reflect on my new life and identity as a migrant in Australia, relating my perceptions of the cultural and linguistic differences. Far from my children and grandchildren, in this letter, written too late, I relate my memories and experiences in a new environment. Above all I speak of the difficulties of managing the fear I have of being absent during the most important moments in the cycle of life, illness and death.]

1 Crossing Borders and Transforming Identities : Encountering Diasporic Mexicanness in Australia Gabriela Coronado , 2003 single work essay
— Appears in: Humanities Research , vol. 10 no. 1 2003;
The author writes of her experience of being Mexican in Australia. She writes: 'In Australia to be an ethnic minority is to be the other, the alien. Not all migrants are 'ethnic': the term is applied to those who are different compared to the cultural features of mainstream Australia, of Anglo- Australia.'
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