Libertad: A Novel

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dc.contributor.authorFlores Zaldivar, Bessie Mariaen
dc.contributor.committeechairRoy, Lucinda H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberVollmer, Matthewen
dc.contributor.committeememberMeitner, Erika S.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T08:00:16Zen
dc.date.available2022-06-30T08:00:16Zen
dc.date.issued2022-06-29en
dc.description.abstractAs the Honduran presidential election of 2017 approaches, the world of 17-year-old Libertad Morazán gets louder and faster. Protests roar in every corner of Tegucigalpa. Mamí and Abuela work longer hours. Maynor, Libertad's older brother, sneaks out more than ever, carrying the dangerous secrets of a student-led movement against the government. The world only seems to slow down around Camila, Libertad's long-time friend who lately seems to hold Libi's hand and eyes two seconds too long. Libi and Cami's friendship always toed the line of something more— or did, at least, before Libertad's phone stopped working and their communication got cut to school-hours only. Libi can't help but think this is part of why Camila starts officially dating Pablo, the soccer team captain. If this isn't enough reason to desperately need her phone back, Libertad has just discovered the power of social media to speak against the conditions that keep her family— her country— in a permanent state of exhaustion and mourning. Using an anonymous Instagram account, Libertad posts short but charged poems denouncing the injustice local news outlets ignore. She finds an audience that resonates with her, but people who speak out in Honduras are rarely able to do so for long. Libertad knows this. Getting her phone back comes with a price, as both her political poetry and secret romance risk being exposed to Mamí and Abuela—the women who have sacrificed everything to raised her. The pillars of her life. In the midst of civil unrest, Libertad learns of the power and heartbreak in queerness, family, and activism.en
dc.description.abstractgeneralLibertad is a young-adult novel.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Fine Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:34732en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111065en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectyoung adulten
dc.subjectqueer coming-of-ageen
dc.subjectcoming-out narrativeen
dc.subjectcivil unresten
dc.subjectsexualityen
dc.subjectLatinxen
dc.subjectpolice violenceen
dc.subjectpolitical violenceen
dc.subjectactivismen
dc.subjectgrief.en
dc.titleLibertad: A Novelen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCreative Writingen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Artsen

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