Graduation Date
Fall 2018
Document Type
Thesis
Program
Master of Arts degree with a major in English, emphasis in Literary & Cultural Studies
Committee Chair Name
Janelle Adsit
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Second Committee Member Name
Barbara Curiel
Second Committee Member Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Subject Categories
English
Abstract
This project examines how diverse representation changes the discourse around queer latinx identities. This project extends theories of representation that show how a text changes the imaginary of the reader through a two-part methodology. First, through explicating Spit & Passion and A Cup of Water Under My Bed, this project examines how these texts construct a readers’ imaginary. Then, through a corresponding qualitative assessment on readers’ responses to the texts, this project identifies the extent to which the texts change the beliefs and understandings of a small group of students. Articulating an ecology of identity using the texts under examination, this project offers a representational analysis of the ways Cristy C. Road and Daisy Hernández exhibit their queer latinx identities and the forms of resistance they use to survive the constraints of their particular cultural, historical, spiritual, material, political and personal spheres. Further, the representational analysis looks at how Road and Hernández follow in the path laid out by other latinx and queer theorists and engage in Anzaldúa’s “autohistoria-teoría.” Additionally, using a mixed-methods qualitative assessment, this project follows the shift that occurs in readers’ identity forming and ideological perspectives once they have read the two texts. Most importantly, this qualitative assessment demonstrates that Cristy C. Road’s Spit & Passion and Daisy Hernández’s A Cup of Water Under My Bed impact readers’ understanding of their own identities, their understanding of the identities portrayed in the texts, and their worldview.
Citation Style
MLA
Recommended Citation
Wells, Corrina, "Tracing writer/reader identity in, and in response to, queer latinx Autohistoria-Teorìa" (2018). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 207.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/207
Included in
American Literature Commons, American Popular Culture Commons, Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons, Cultural History Commons, Fiction Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Performance Studies Commons, Women's Studies Commons