Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s "art as a mode of research": Applications in feminist research methods and feminist rhetoric

My dissertation explores how Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s theories of creativity inform social-justice efforts, contribute to feminist research in feminist rhetoric, and operate as a tool to analyze her sketches. Despite Anzaldúa’s visual art training and prevalent use of images in her writing, few scholars have analyzed her artwork or her writings on creativity. Drawing on unpublished manuscripts and sketches in the Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Papers, my project explores two questions. In my first question—How do Anzaldúa’s theories of creativity inform social-justice work?—I examine her writings on creativity that contribute to social-justice work. My second question—How do Anzaldúa’s theories of creativity contribute to feminist research?— applies Anzaldúa’s theories of creativity to feminist research in feminist rhetoric. Specifically, I expand three feminist research practices (reflexivity, flexibility, and a dialogic process) and develop an additional research practice (recursion). Blending these feminist research practices with textual analysis, I analyze Anzaldúa’s archived sketches to identify new connections among her theories on creativity, conocimiento, nepantla, and shamanism.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Multicultural Women's and Gender Studies

Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Ishii, Sara

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Keating, AnaLouise

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Kessler, Mark
• Fehler, Brian

• Gloria Anzaldúa
• Feminist rhetoric
• Creativity
• Archival research
• Women's and gender studies
• Feminist research

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11274/10180

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:twu-ir.tdl.org:11274/10180