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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Latina/o Literature"”.
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Identity and Language Use in Adolescent Latina/o Literature
This thesis examines how characters in adolescent Latina/o literature use and reflect on both English and Spanish languages, bilingualism and how language use informs a character’s identity. In this thesis a particular emphasis is placed on code switching as a literary device in adolescent Latina/o …
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Decolonial delinquency: Gender, sexuality, and criminality in Latina/o gang literature and film
… representation of violence and criminality in Latina/o literature and film since 1950. The project analyzes a range of genres, including fiction, autobiography, poetry, and documentary, to uncover how cultural production discloses a systemic impetus to gang violence in working-class communities …
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"Cuando lleguemos": Narrativas Latinx del siglo XXI
… and other sociocultural contexts. Referring to Latinas/os or Hispanics in the United States, the term not only problematizes national categories associated with Latinidades but also suggests a more inclusive vision of gender and sexual identities that transcends heteronormative binaries. The "x" …
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Selling a Feeling: New Approaches Toward Recent Gay Chicano Authors and Their Audience
… Espinoza, I explore the typification of Latino/a literature in the marketplace and how it has become tied to magical realism. Here, I posit that Espinoza has created a magic realized novel, one that presents itself as something magical realist, but systemically discredits the notion of magic …
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Literature circles : Latina/o students' daily experiences as part of the classroom curriculum
… segregation, discrimination, and inequalities. Latina/o histories and funds of knowledge have not been historically part of the classroom curriculum. Although scholars, educators, and social movements have challenged such inequalities, they still persist. Students became objects of the …