Latina Voices, the Immigrant Experience and the Missing Stories in American Literature

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dc.contributor.advisorHarrison, Marlen
dc.contributor.advisorLee, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorCamacho, Crista Cristella
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-06T04:39:41Z
dc.date.available2023-06-06T04:39:41Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-20
dc.description.abstractLatina/Chicana stories in American literature are important to understand contemporary America as a multicultural society. However, Chicana/Latina literature is not considered part of mainstream American literature. Previous papers regarding this topic have brought up challenges that Latina/Chicana literature confronted in the space of American literature. The absence of Latina/Chicana stories in American life has affected the development of immigrants and their children’s identity. This paper explores and suggests the importance of Latina/Chicana stories in America from the perspective of Chicana/Latina writers. Looking at the text through Feminist and Marxist lenses highlights the problems that ultimately marginalize Latina/Chicana writers. Their stories are rooted in economic and gender inequalities in America and in their countries of Origin/Heritage. The Autoethnography method provides the narrative of the author’s personal experience as a Latina/Chicana developing her identity as a guiding point to display the need of advancing the growth of multicultural American literature.
dc.description.degreeMaster Arts
dc.description.programEnglish
dc.description.schoolCollege of Online and Continuing Education
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10474/3741
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSouthern New Hampshire University
dc.rightsAuthor retains all ownership rights. Further reproduction in violation of copyright is prohibited.
dc.rightsHolderCamacho, Crista Cristella
dc.subject.lcshFeminist Theory
dc.subject.lcshIdentity
dc.subject.lcshWomen's Studies
dc.subject.otherAutoethnography
dc.subject.otherChicana/Latina
dc.subject.otherMarxist Theory
dc.subject.otherMulticultural America
dc.titleLatina Voices, the Immigrant Experience and the Missing Stories in American Literature
dc.typeThesis

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