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Latina/o Literature and Culture

Session 2 - Saturday 10:00-11:30am
Henry Hall 203
Presiding Officer: 
Lysa Rivera
  1. Cross-Genre Work: A Critical Methodology of Chicana Discourse. Shelley Garcia, Biola University

    There is something remarkable in the fact that the most notable Chicana literary voices find their written expression in a variety of genres. This paper explores the works of Chicana authors who work across genre, arguing that cross-genre work is a critical methodology of Chicana discourse.

  2. Self-Representation and Assimilation Strategies in U.S.-Mexico Borderland Narratives. Melanie Hernandez, University of Washington, Seattle

    This paper explores the underlying mechanics of Mexican-American immigration and assimilation, and situates corresponding narratives as modern day iterations of passing literature: they deploy variations of familiar performance and reading strategies, as regulated through cultural scripts and code-switching practices.

  3. Ugly Betty: The Disarticulated Telenovela. Rebecca Gordon, Reed College

    “Disarticulation” is the discursive as well as physical dislocation of a people from a territory. Ugly Betty, the American adaptation of the popular Colombian telenovela Yo Soy Betty la Fea, communicates the effects and processes of disarticulation with uncanny precision.

  4. Beyond Huevos: Sustenance and Transformative Gender in What Night Brings. Melissa Saywell, University of California, Riverside

    This paper will provide a close reading of Carla Trujillo's What Night Brings, with a particular emphasis on the significance of food and its metaphorical value in expressing Marci’s transitioning gender identity.

Session Type: 
Standing Session
Session Status: 
Closed