Borderlines of labor : Margarita Cabrera’s sculptures and the (un)American dream
| dc.contributor.advisor | Smith, Cherise, 1969- | |
| dc.creator | Dickerson, Sarah Anne | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-02T21:41:45Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-12 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2014 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-02-02T21:41:46Z | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis contextualizes the work of artist Margarita Cabrera within Chicano, postcolonial, and feminist theories, and specifically places her work within discourses surrounding the United States-Mexico border. I address the evolution of Cabrera’s sculptural work from her initial Desert Plants to the collaborative, community-based workshop Space in Between, which prompted her incorporation of Florezca, a for-profit social enterprise. I discuss how Cabrera’s collaborative art-making process and founding of a corporation are strategic methods to challenge and attempt to change oppressive political systems in the United States that disenfranchise undocumented Latino immigrants. | en |
| dc.description.department | Art History | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/28252 | en |
| dc.subject | Margarita Cabrera | en |
| dc.subject | Chicano art | en |
| dc.subject | Space in between | en |
| dc.subject | Florezca | en |
| dc.subject | Mexican art | en |
| dc.subject | Border art | en |
| dc.title | Borderlines of labor : Margarita Cabrera’s sculptures and the (un)American dream | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.department | Art History | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Art History | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts | en |