Crossing boundaries : transnationality, intertextuality, and intermediality in the work of Guillermo del Toro

This thesis explores the hybridity found in both the work and identity of Guillermo del Toro through the lens of his transnationality, intertextuality and fandom, genre hybridity, and intermediality. Using del Toro’s films as case studies, this thesis analyzes the ways in which del Toro expresses his hybridity through his films in addition to his self-expression through social media platforms like Twitter and his own personal artifact collection of fantasy and horror memorabilia. Particularly, this thesis explores the ways in which del Toro is able to cross boundaries, between nations, between texts, between genres, and between forms of media.