University of South Florida
2010
53 pages
Maria Cristina Serrano
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Liberal Arts Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida
This thesis explores Gloria Anzaldúa’s notion of mestiza consciousness and its relation to Mexican American performance and poster art. It examines how the traditional conceptions of mestizo identity were redefined by Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera in an attempt to eradicate oppression through a change of consciousness. Anzaldua’s conceptions are then applied to Guillermo Gómez-Peña’s performance art discussing the intricacies and complexities of his performances as examples of mestiza consciousness. This thesis finally analyzes various Mexican American posters in relation to both Anzaldúa and Gomez-Peña’s art works. It demonstrates that the similarities in the artist’s treatment of hybridity illustrate a progressive change in worldview, thus exhibit mestiza consciousness.
Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Mestiza Consciousness
- Chapter 2: The Relation of Mestiza Consciousness to Guillermo Gomez-Peña’s Border Brujo and The Couple in a Cage
- Chapter 3: The Creative Synthesis in Mexican American Poster Art
- Conclusions
- References
List of Figures
- Figure 2.1: Still from Border Brujo
- Figure 2.2: Gomez-Peña as Border Brujo
- Figure 2.3: Fusco and Gomez-Peña in Couple in the Cage
- Figure 2.4: Close-up of performers
- Figure 3.1: Andrew Sermeno, Huelga! (Strike!)
- Figure 3.2: Unknown, Tierra o Muerte! Venceremos
- Figure 3.3: Diego Rivera, The History of Mexico: The Ancient Indian World
- Figure 3.4: David Alfaro Siqueiros, Cuauhtemoc Against the Myth
- Figure 3.5: Malaquias Montoya, Vietnam, Aztlán
- Figure 3.6: Xavier Miramontes, Boycott Grapes (Boicotea las Uvas)
- Figure 3.7: Rodolfo “Rudy: Cuellar, Bilingual Education Says Twice as Much
- Figure 3.8: Jose Montoya, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez, and Louie “The Foot” Gonzalez, Jose Montoya’s Pachuco Art: A Historical Update
- Figure 3.9: Victor Ochoa, Border Bingo
- Figure 3.10: Laura Molina, Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar
- Figure 3.11: Tina Hernandez, Ya Basta!
- Figure 3.12: DC Comics, Wonder Woman
- Figure 3.13: J. Howard Mitchell, We Can Do It
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