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Reclaiming the Dark: Defining Darkness as Feminist Agency within The Garden of Eden, 'Never Marry a Mexican,' and Selected Social Media Platforms

Posted on:2018-06-17Degree:M.AType:Thesis
University:The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyCandidate:Hernandez, TeresaFull Text:PDF
GTID:2448390002490829Subject:American literature
Abstract/Summary:
My thesis explores Ernest Hemingway's The Garden of Eden (1986), Sandra Cisneros' "Never Marry a Mexican" (1991), and the social media platforms of Tomi Lahren, The Root, and Xicanisma on Facebook and Instagram . In my exploration of these texts and platforms, I define darkness within its multiple definitions primarily via the theme of destruction, sexuality, and/or a literal racial, physical darkness. Furthermore, in this project I challenged the traditionally pejorative analysis of darkness within American literature and provided a chronological presentation of the transformative function darkness imparts on these two texts and selected social media platforms. Ultimately, reclaiming darkness as a feminist agency for women of color.
Keywords/Search Tags:Social media, Darkness, Platforms
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