Embracing the (un) desired : disability, environment, and citizenship in Laura Aguilar’s photographs

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dc.contributor.advisorFlaherty, George F., 1978-
dc.creatorSalcido, Karina Alejandra
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-17T18:24:53Z
dc.date.available2021-09-17T18:24:53Z
dc.date.created2021-05
dc.date.issued2021-05-11
dc.date.submittedMay 2021
dc.date.updated2021-09-17T18:24:54Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis focuses on Chicana photographer Laura Aguilar and the role disability had on her artistic practice. My analysis of Aguilar’s work focuses on several images from Aguilar’s Nature Self-Portrait (1996-2007) and Grounded (1996-2007) series, and three photographs titled Three Eagles Flying (1993), Access + Opportunity= Success (1993), and Will Work For #4 (1993). I approach these images through a disability studies framework of the body-mind to emphasize the influence of Aguilar’s non-normative identity on her photography. Throughout my analysis, I find that her devalued position as a disabled, poor, queer Chicana is a source of knowledge for her visualizations of exclusion and discrimination of minorities. I expand on conversations surrounding her nude self-portraits in nature by discussing the ontological relationship between Aguilar and the American Southwest deserts and the care work she established. My thesis is based on disability and is structured by the diverse manifestations of Aguilar’s exploration of her non-normative body-mind
dc.description.departmentArt History
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/87892
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/14836
dc.subjectLaura Aguilar
dc.subjectDisability
dc.subjectChicanx Studies
dc.subjectLatinx Studies
dc.subjectPhotography
dc.subjectDeserts
dc.titleEmbracing the (un) desired : disability, environment, and citizenship in Laura Aguilar’s photographs
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentArt History
thesis.degree.disciplineArt History
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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