Date of Award
Spring 4-20-2012
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Latin American Studies
Second Department
Politics and International Relations
First Thesis Reader
Nancy Neiman Auerbach
Second Thesis Reader
April Mayes
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© 2012 Antoinette L. Myers
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Abstract
This thesis examines the ways in which popular media forms explore ideas of national identity, citizenship, and the politics of representation with regards to queer Xicana women, especially those residing in Los Angeles. Specifically, through an analysis of the television show The L Word, Cherrie Moraga’s play The Hungry Woman and Aurora Guerrero’s film Mosquita y Mari, this thesis argues that the queer Xicana experience is best represented in popular culture by queer Xicanas themselves.
Recommended Citation
Myers, Antoinette L., "From a Xicanadyke Imagination: An Examination of Queer Xicanidad, Citizenship and National Identity through The L Word, The Hungry Woman, and Mosquita y Mari" (2012). Scripps Senior Theses. Paper 124.
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/124
Comments
All works by Adelina Anthony and Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano were reprinted with permission from the author.