This work analyzes the novel The Last Patriarch by Catalan-Moroccan writer Najat El Hachmi, focusing on the transformation undergone by the protagonist, who moves from being a traditional, immigrant woman to becoming a citizen of, and a self-empowered woman in, contemporary Spanish society. In this novel, the author introduces the voice of an immigrant-Moroccan woman who breaks with the patriarchal tradition imposed by her parents and creates a new -and hybrid- identity for herself. In so doing, Najat El Hachmi questions several identity discourses -particularly nationalist discourses- and dramatizes the introduction of new cultural forms into present-day Catalan society. © 2018, Sociedad Espanola de Estudios Literarios de Cultura. All rights reserved.

citizenship Identity Patriarchal tradition Catalan nationalism Immigration

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