Rhetorics of Hair and Skin Tone: Racialization and Identity Formation in Mexican American and Dominican Diasporic Literature
Rhetorics of Hair and Skin Tone: Racialization and Identity Formation in Mexican American and Dominican Diasporic Literature
An honors thesis focused on analyzing racialization practices rooted in markers of hair and skin tone in Latinx literature. Rooted in the history of colonialism and the crystallization of race, this thesis looks at pratices of colorism, gender dyanmics, and hair politics. This piece looks at the work of Mexican-American authors Cherríe Moraga, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Estella González as well as Dominican author Junot Díaz.
colonialism, assimilation, ethnic studies, mestizaje, literature, gender dynamics, hair, diaspora, Latinidad, Indigeneity, latino literature, Blackness, multicultural studies, colorism
colonialism, assimilation, ethnic studies, mestizaje, literature, gender dynamics, hair, diaspora, Latinidad, Indigeneity, latino literature, Blackness, multicultural studies, colorism
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