Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
English
First Advisor's Name
Ana Luszczynska
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Nandini Dhar
Second Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Third Advisor's Name
Martha Schoolman
Third Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Keywords
Sandra Cisneros, Post Colonial Literature, Chicana Literature, Border Studies, Borderlands, Deconstructive Ethics, identity, nationalism, border crossings, spatial narratives
Date of Defense
3-30-2017
Abstract
My study aims to reveal how ideologies, the way we perceive our world, what we believe, and our value judgments inextricably linked to a dominant discourse, have real and material consequences. In addition to explicating how these ideologies stem from a Western philosophical tradition, this thesis examines this thought-system alongside selections from Sandra Cisneros’ Woman Hollering Creek and Caramelo or Puro Cuento. My project reveals how Cisneros’ spatial narratives challenge ideologies concerning the border separating the United States and Mexico, which proves significant as the project of decolonization and understanding of identity formation is fundamentally tied to these geographical spaces. Through the main chapters in this thesis, it is proposed that Cisneros’ storytelling does not attempt to counter fixed ideas of spaces and identity or an alleged objective Truth and single History by presenting a true or better version, but offers alternative narratives as a form of resistance to dominant discourse.
Identifier
FIDC001781
Recommended Citation
Vallecillo, Raquel D., "Border Crossings and Transnational Movements in Sandra Cisneros’ Spatial Narratives Offer Alternatives to Dominant Discourse" (2017). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3192.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3192
Included in
Chicana/o Studies Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority Commons
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