Bowie, Katherine2021-05-172021-05-172021Bowie, Katherine. “Interrogating the Metaphor of Madness and the Migratory Process in Said El Kadaoui‘s Límites y Fronteras.” Confetti: A World Literatures and Cultures Journal / Un journal de littératures et cultures du monde, vol. 7, 2021, pp. 6-27.https://2a0b0f05-b3a2-4142-b6c4-357231243a26.filesusr.com/ugd/d7a6f5_ee1fc553e85345a59536a1b98d752c2d.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10393/42135https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-26357As postcolonial scholars signal, the similarities between the constructions of the racial Other and the mad are very similar and rely on a binary of the rational and irrational. Examining how the construction of madness serves as a metaphor for the migratory process and its ensuing trauma in Said El Kadaoui‘s Límites y fronteras, this paper‘s intent is to question how this affects the subjectivity of its protagonist. I find that the metaphor of madness serves to express the limiting aspects of identity and through the character development of its protagonist, the narration allows a more heterogeneous understanding of identity to emerge.enmadnessdisaporaidentityheterogeneityintertextualityCataloniaArticle