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Poeta Power: The Poetic Journey Of La Erika: Poems, Erika Marie Garza-Johnson
Poeta Power: The Poetic Journey Of La Erika: Poems, Erika Marie Garza-Johnson
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This is a collection of poetry set in the borderlands of deep South Texas. The poems take as their subject Chican@ identity, family, the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, Edcouch-Elsa, Texas, cancer, sexuality, Chicana feminism, childbirth and children, marriage, education, folklore, epithets, among others. As a cycle, they represent the poet‘s development through key stages in her life, including childbirth, marriage, and death of a parent. Many poems in this collection also reflect the linguistic diversity of the U.S.-Mexico border through the poet’s use of code-switching and Tex Mex.
Angel Walking: A Documentary, Jesse F. Garza
Angel Walking: A Documentary, Jesse F. Garza
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This creative thesis is divided into two parts: “The Critical Introduction” & “Angel Walking: A Documentary Screenplay.” In the “Critical Introduction to Angel Walking: A Documentary” I define the modes used and how similar documentaries and movies have helped me formulate a stronger story to showcase cerebral palsy from a 12 year old Latino’s perspective. I discuss how filming the documentary was an engaging process and led me to find a connection with the subject. This leads to how the development of writing the screenplay is somewhat of a “backward-process.” Therefore, the second half of this creative thesis is the …
El Huisache Es Pocho, Pero Las Raíces No: Poems, Isaac Chavarria
El Huisache Es Pocho, Pero Las Raíces No: Poems, Isaac Chavarria
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This project is a collection of pocho poetry. The poems in my collection emphasize my identity as pocho. The term “pocho” is often used as a derogatory term describing a Mexican American who has lost the ability to speak Spanish. I recontextualize the border pocho as an occupant of two nationalities, as well as several social classes. Along with poets who identify themselves as Chicano/a, I am inspired by family and acquaintances who self identify as Chicano/a, Hispanic, Mexican American, or Mexican. I believe the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas is a unique enclave influenced by its people, landscape, …
Wrestling Windmills, Christopher Girman
Wrestling Windmills, Christopher Girman
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This manuscript explores the teaching process by following the protagonist‟s four year journey at a middle school in Edinburg, Texas. The narrator passes through four distinct phases: first-year angst, pedagogic subversion, converting the natives, and, ultimately, personal and professional acceptance. Daily interaction disrupts the narrator‟s worldview, complicating his relationships with peers, colleagues, family, and the local community. In a series of moves designed to make himself more accessible to students, the narrator encounters sexual, racial, and gender bias—much of it his own. Finally, after a serious accident in Central Mexico during Spring Break, the protagonist relies on his students to …
Between Silver And Glass, Catherine V. Lopez
Between Silver And Glass, Catherine V. Lopez
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
The critical introduction explores my stories, as well as my influences, and ultimate desires for said stories. The stories themselves explore a variety of topics. They are stories about growing up. They are stories about being a girl. They are stories about the magical world we live in. They are the sort of stories I'd like to read if I ever have free time again.
Scores: A Story Collection, Robert Paul Moreira
Scores: A Story Collection, Robert Paul Moreira
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This is a short story collection dealing with the themes of identity, immigration, death, and ethnicity, all juxtaposed with the game of baseball. The critical introduction of this thesis begins with a detailed survey of the baseball fiction genre, with a focus on seminal works and their respective authors, and their place in American literature. I examine major authors outside the genre who have employed baseball (metaphorically, symbolically, synecdochically) in their own works, as well as analyze the effect and evolution of realism in baseball fiction, and the themes of ethnicity and identity. I explore my own works in the …
The Animal Coming Together, Rodney Gomez
The Animal Coming Together, Rodney Gomez
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This project is an ekphrastic collection of poems. The term 'ekphrasis' is usually used to refer to texts that respond to or are influenced by particular works of visual art, but it can sometimes be used to refer to texts that respond to non-visual art as well, such as musical compositions. I take the more inclusive approach to ekphrasis: most of the poems in this collection are based on paintings, but several are based on photos, films, sculpture, multimedia works, musical compositions, and art generally. Most of the poems are based on Chican@ and Latin American art. The collection is …
Following Cleng Peerson: A Niece's Journey, Christine Suzanne Ardis
Following Cleng Peerson: A Niece's Journey, Christine Suzanne Ardis
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
In the summer of 1821, Cleng Peerson came to America as a scout for a group of Norwegians hoping to find a place where they could freely express their religion and enjoy economic prosperity. In this thesis, I explore the results of Cleng’s scouting and his preparations for the arrival of his sister, Carrie, her family and their friends on the Norwegian sloop Restaurationen. Throughout the text, I juxtapose my life story with Cleng’s. Together we experience relocation, homesickness and hardships and create a familial bond 188 years after his arrival in America. My thesis ends at the Murray/Kendall settlement …
“Jugando En Serio” And Other Works, Shoney Flores
“Jugando En Serio” And Other Works, Shoney Flores
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
In the critical introduction of this thesis, I explore how the different choices we make as creative writers affect the targeted audience of a work. I focus on the endless battle between genre writing and literary writing, in hopes of there being a style of writing that can utilize the best of both. I write about the issues and themes of the works in this thesis that come close to being nonfiction. Finally, I highlight how stylistic choices in bilingual writing can change or destroy potential audiences. These are aspects that have shaped the creative writing included in this collection. …
Teisho Of A Tree In Light: A Collection Of Poems, Samuel Arizpe
Teisho Of A Tree In Light: A Collection Of Poems, Samuel Arizpe
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
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