Decolonial delinquency: Gender, sexuality, and criminality in Latina/o gang literature and film

Decolonial Delinquency studies the 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 of color. In doing so, this dissertation reveals how these texts position gangs as resistant subcultures for persons whom the United States colonizes.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2021

Author dc:creator

• Garcia, Frank

Contributors dc:contributor

• Parker, Robert D
• Rodriguez, Richard T
• Rana, Junaid
• Jenkins, Candice M

• Latina/o literature
• Latina/o film
• gangs
• queer theory
• critical race theory

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2020 Frank Garcia

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/109581

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/109581