Vanishing

Blending the uncanny with the familiar, this collection dives into Chicanx lives where characters grapple with memory, loss, patriarchal thinking, trauma, love, belonging, heartbreak, self-worth and other wound makers in order to move past survival and into a world where they can thrive.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Creative Writing

Department dc:contributor.department

English

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2025

Author dc:creator

• Borjas, Emilia

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Patel, Soham Suresh

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Salesses, Matthew
• Joseph, Janine Alissandra Fernandez

• identity
• realism
• speculative fiction
• multiple perspectives
• family relationships
• contemporary literature
• talking objects
• beauty
• self-care
• gender roles

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:44724

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/138662