Loss, Rumination, and Narrative : Chicana/o Melancholy as Generative State
- Degree Grantor:
- University of California, Santa Barbara. Chicana and Chicano Studies
- Degree Supervisor:
- Francisco A. Lomeli
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Barbara, Calif.]
- Publisher:
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Creation Date:
- 2014
- Issued Date:
- 2014
- Topics:
- Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies and Literature, Latin American
- Keywords:
- Narrative,
Anzaldua,
Melancholy, and
Melancholia - Genres:
- Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
- Dissertation:
- Ph.D.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2014
- Description:
This study examines representations of melancholy in Chicana/o literature. Using theory rooted in Gloria Anzaldua's Borderlands I contend that, counter to Freud, melancholy is a productive strategy of self-making for Chicana/o subjects. By reading melancholy through a Chicana/o Studies lens I illustrate that there are multiple manifestations of self and subjectivity. Using parallels between several salient images from Freud's "Mourning and Melancholia" and Anzaldua's Borderlands I trace instances of melancholy in a selection of Chicana/o texts. I begin my study with a brief cultural history of melancholy before discussing the parallels between the energy of melancholy and Anzaldua's theories. My work is grounded in Chicana/o Studies and I use textual, and historical analysis to illustrate how melancholy is productive rather than pathological.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 pages)
- Format:
- Text
- Collection(s):
- UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
- Other Versions:
- http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3682868
- ARK:
- ark:/48907/f33b5x98
- ISBN:
- 9781321567403
- Catalog System Number:
- 990045117920203776
- Copyright:
- Michelle Baca, 2014
- Rights:
- In Copyright
- Copyright Holder:
- Michelle Baca
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