Borderlands Theory: Producing Border Epistemologies with Gloria Anzaldua

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dc.contributor.authorOrozco-Mendoza, Elva Fabiolaen
dc.contributor.committeechairNatter, Wolfgang Georgeen
dc.contributor.committeememberVazquez-Arroyo, Antonio Y.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSmith, Barbara Ellenen
dc.contributor.committeememberShingles, Richard D.en
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:35:20Zen
dc.date.adate2008-05-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:35:20Zen
dc.date.issued2008-04-24en
dc.date.rdate2008-05-27en
dc.date.sdate2008-05-06en
dc.description.abstractThis study is dedicated to examine the concept of borders, geographical and otherwise, as instruments that are socially produced. It utilizes Gloria Anzaldua's theoretical framework of Borderlands theory as a set of processes that seek to attain the de-colonization of the inner self. The historical and spatial dynamics of the geographical border between Mexico and United States, largely shaped by the U.S. expansionist agenda, resulted in the Mexican lost of more than half of its territory and the subsequent stigmatization of Mexican-Americans/Chicanos as "foreign others," since they did not share with predominant Anglo-Saxons the same values, culture, religion, traditions and skin color. I argue that the later exploitation, exclusion, marginalization, and racism against Mexican-Americans/Chicanos informed Anzaldua's development of her Borderlands theory that seeks to attain liberation for any colonized identity. However, it is also my argument that the borderlands theory fails to account for meaningful political freedom since the processes that compose the theory are principally worked at the inner level, restricting the possibilities for a direct confrontation in the public sphere.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05062008-175949en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05062008-175949/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32268en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartFinal_thesis_corrected.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPoliticsen
dc.subjectMestizaen
dc.subjectGloria Anzaldúaen
dc.subjectBordersen
dc.subjectBorderlands Theoryen
dc.subjectChicana/oen
dc.subjectFreedomen
dc.subjectPostcolonial Theory U.S.-Mexico waren
dc.titleBorderlands Theory: Producing Border Epistemologies with Gloria Anzalduaen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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