Graduation Year
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.L.A.
Degree Granting Department
Humanities and Cultural Studies
Major Professor
Daniel Belgrad, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Adriana Novoa, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Ylce Irizarry, Ph.D.
Keywords
Chicano/a, border art, immigration, hybridity, borderlands
Abstract
This thesis explores Gloria Anzaldúa’s notion of
mestiza consciousness and its
relation to Mexican American performance and poster art. It examines how the traditional
conceptions of
mestizo identity were redefined by Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera
in an attempt to eradicate oppression through a change of consciousness. Anzaldua’s
conceptions are then applied to Guillermo Gomez-Peña’s performance art discussing the
intricacies and complexities of his performances as examples of
mestiza consciousness.
This thesis finally analyzes various Mexican American posters in relation to both
Anzaldúa and Gomez-Peña’s art works. It demonstrates that the similarities in the artist’s
treatment of hybridity illustrate a progressive change in worldview, thus exhibit
mestiza
consciousness.
Scholar Commons Citation
Serrano, Maria Cristina, "Visualizando la Conciencia Mestiza: The Relation of Gloria Anzaldúa’s Mestiza Consciousness to Mexican American Performance and Poster Art" (2010). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/3591
