From a Xicanadyke Imagination: An Examination of Queer Xicanidad, Citizenship and National Identity through The L Word, The Hungry Woman, and Mosquita y Mari

Author

Antoinette L. Myers, Scripps CollegeFollow

Graduation Year

Spring 2012

Document Type

Campus Only Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Latin American Studies

Second Department

Politics and International Relations

Reader 1

Nancy Neiman Auerbach

Reader 2

April Mayes

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© 2012 Antoinette L. Myers

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.

Comments

All works by Adelina Anthony and Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano were reprinted with permission from the author.

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. 124.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/124