Developing a hauntology of Latinidad

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dc.contributor.advisorGonzalez, Rachel Valentina
dc.creatorAlbarrán, Lario José
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-1942-3217
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-25T16:47:03Z
dc.date.available2019-01-25T16:47:03Z
dc.date.created2018-05
dc.date.issued2018-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2018
dc.date.updated2019-01-25T16:47:04Z
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I utilize theories of phenomenology and performance to develop a hauntology of Latinidad. By following the specter of Latinidad, I interrogate imaginative sites constructed through the historical, social, and performative facets of colonialism’s impact in the United States. I do this to theorize notions of Latinidad in order to argue that the multi-faceted relationship between Latinidad and colonialism has summoned a specter that manifest historically, performatively, visually, and phenomenally as Latinidad. As a result, the specter of Latinidad positions marginalized individuals that identify with Latinidad in the United States as bodies “haunted” by their own biological and phenotypical disposition to Latinidad. Placing the theory of Jacques Derrida and Kashif Powell in conversation with scholars such as Avery Gordon, Judith Butler, Gloria Anzaldúa, Juana Rodriguez, and others, I evoke the language and metaphor of haunting to consider the profound effect the relationship between marginalized bodies and the lingering specter of Latinidad.
dc.description.departmentMexican American Studies
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2NK36R85
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/72460
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectLatinidad
dc.subjectHauntology
dc.subjectMexican American
dc.subjectHaunting
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectSexuality
dc.subjectClass
dc.subjectLatina
dc.subjectLatino
dc.subjectHaunted
dc.subjectPerformance
dc.subjectJuarez
dc.subjectRoadside
dc.subjectShrines
dc.titleDeveloping a hauntology of Latinidad
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentMexican American Studies
thesis.degree.disciplineMexican American and Latina/o Studies
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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