| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77220 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree. | en_US |
| dc.format | Monograph | |
| dc.format.medium | Electronic Resource | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY. | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dcterms.abstract | In the mid-twentieth to late-twentieth century, a number of Mexican laborers came to the United States to search for more working opportunities. After settling in the U.S., they had to adjust to the harsh environment, poor working conditions, and multiple discrimination in Anglo-American society. Also, many Chicanas suffered from religious and patriarchal violence inside their community. This thesis examines different types of violence against Chicana/o migrants in the U.S. from 1950 to 2000, including economic violence, religious violence, racial discrimination, and sexual violence. In both Chicana/o community and white society, Chicanas/os have to deal with different kinds of violence against them. Here, I focus on three novels--Helena MarÃa Viramontes's <italic> Under the Feet of Jesus</italic>, Ana Castillo's <italic>So Far from God</italic>, and Emma Pérez's <italic> Gulf Dreams</italic>--and analyze different kinds of violence against Chicana/o migrants respectively. I argue that how multiple discrimination intersect to result in the inferiority and marginalization of Chicana/o migrants. Furthermore, I investigate the protagonists' response to the violence in the novels and how they subvert established racial, sexual, and classist ideologies in the male-dominated community and U.S. white society. | |
| dcterms.abstract | In the mid-twentieth to late-twentieth century, a number of Mexican laborers came to the United States to search for more working opportunities. After settling in the U.S., they had to adjust to the harsh environment, poor working conditions, and multiple discrimination in Anglo-American society. Also, many Chicanas suffered from religious and patriarchal violence inside their community. This thesis examines different types of violence against Chicana/o migrants in the U.S. from 1950 to 2000, including economic violence, religious violence, racial discrimination, and sexual violence. In both Chicana/o community and white society, Chicanas/os have to deal with different kinds of violence against them. Here, I focus on three novels--Helena María Viramontes's <italic> Under the Feet of Jesus</italic>, Ana Castillo's <italic>So Far from God</italic>, and Emma Pérez's <italic> Gulf Dreams</italic>--and analyze different kinds of violence against Chicana/o migrants respectively. I argue that how multiple discrimination intersect to result in the inferiority and marginalization of Chicana/o migrants. Furthermore, I investigate the protagonists' response to the violence in the novels and how they subvert established racial, sexual, and classist ideologies in the male-dominated community and U.S. white society. | |
| dcterms.available | 2017-09-20T16:52:13Z | |
| dcterms.contributor | Forbis, Melissa | en_US |
| dcterms.contributor | Calvin, Ritch | en_US |
| dcterms.contributor | Tan, E.K.. | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | YEN, TZU-LING | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2017-09-20T16:52:13Z | |
| dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2017-09-20T16:52:13Z | |
| dcterms.description | Department of Comparative Literature. | en_US |
| dcterms.extent | 120 pg. | en_US |
| dcterms.format | Application/PDF | en_US |
| dcterms.format | Monograph | |
| dcterms.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77220 | |
| dcterms.issued | 2014-12-01 | |
| dcterms.language | en_US | |
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| dcterms.publisher | The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY. | |
| dcterms.subject | Chicana/o, economic violence, racial and sexual violence, religious violence | |
| dcterms.subject | Latin American literature | |
| dcterms.title | Violence against Chicanas from 1950 to 2000 | |
| dcterms.type | Thesis | |
