Browsing Department of English by Subject "Gender studies"
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INVOKING LA LLORONA: ABJECTION AS A SITE OF POWER IN JOVITA GONZÁLEZ, CHERRIE MORAGA, AND JAYRO BUSTAMANTE
(2023-05-19)This thesis seeks to analyze how La Llorona’s abjection allows her and those who call on her to exist as specters, haunting the space of their personal, cultural, or historical trauma to make sense of their abuses and gain ... -
STRONGER THAN FICTION: LITERARY AND CULTURAL MERIT OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN CHRISTIAN FICTION
(2020-12-08)My primary goals with this dissertation are to take a close look at how contemporary African American Christian fiction performs important literary and cultural functions and explore how these works reinforce or subvert ...