Date of Award
Summer 2016
Thesis Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Liberal Studies
Department
English
Advisor(s)
Dr. Emily Russell
Second Advisor
Dr. Rosana Diaz-Zambrana
Abstract
An exploration of the influence of Spanish language on gender, sexuality, and sisterhood in various aspects of Latina/o literature. In Chapter I, I examine Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s film, Chicana playwright Josefina Lopez's Real Women Have Curves, and Gloria Anzaldua’s Borderlands/La Frontera as a tool for analyzing conceptions of “Other” and the ways these issues intersect with one another. In Chapter II, I look at La Virgen and La Malinche dichotomy and the ways stereotypes appear in Latina poetry. In Chapter III, I discuss hermanas and comadres and their importance outside the intimacy of romantic relationships. Throughout this project, I examine works by Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros Julia Alvarez, Ana Castillo, and Judith Ortiz Cofer; with each of these women speaking of their relationship with heritage, familia, sexuality, and gender in ways that connect to the divided world.
Recommended Citation
Harris, Jessica L., "Lengua Latina: Representations of Sex and Gender in Latina Literature" (2016). Master of Liberal Studies Theses. 76.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/mls/76
Rights Holder
Jessica L. Harris
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