Indigeneity and mestizaje in Luis Alberto Urrea's The Hummingbird's Daughter and Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorCox, James H. (James Howard), 1968-
dc.creatorHernandez, Zachary Roberten
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-09T17:08:45Zen
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:26:48Z
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:26:48Z
dc.date.issued2014-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2014en
dc.date.updated2014-10-09T17:08:46Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractIn an attempt to narrow a perceived gap between two literary fields, this thesis provides a comparative analysis of Luis Alberto Urrea’s The Humminbird’s Daughter, and Leslie Marmon Silko’s Almanac of the Dead. I explore and critique the ways in which Luis Alberto Urrea mobilizes mestizaje and Chicana/o nationalist rhetoric. I argue that mestizaje stems from colonial representations that inscribe indigenous people into a narrative of erasure. Furthermore, I address Leslie Marmon Silko’s critique of mestizaje within Almanac of the Dead.en
dc.description.departmentMexican American Studiesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/26393en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectChicano literatureen
dc.subjectChicana literatureen
dc.subjectNative American literatureen
dc.subjectMexican-American studiesen
dc.subjectMestizajeen
dc.subjectIndigeneityen
dc.subjectLatina/o studiesen
dc.subjectChicana/o studiesen
dc.titleIndigeneity and mestizaje in Luis Alberto Urrea's The Hummingbird's Daughter and Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Deaden
dc.typeThesisen

Files

Collections

University of Texas at Austin