Borjas, Emilia2025-10-252025-10-252025-10-24vt_gsexam:44724https://hdl.handle.net/10919/138662Blending the uncanny with the familiar, this collection dives into Chicanx lives where characters grapple with memory, loss, patriarchal thinking, trauma, love, belonging, heartbreak, self-worth and other wound makers in order to move past survival and into a world where they can thrive.ETDenIn Copyrightidentityrealismspeculative fictionmultiple perspectivesfamily relationshipscontemporary literaturetalking objectsbeautyself-caregender rolesThesis