The history of the United States is full of contradictions and paradoxes that are confusing to those who have marginalized identities or fall outside of the dominant culture in any way shape or form. The aim of this artwork is to open a dialogue and begin the process of bringing…
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Objects and artifacts are potent signs of cultural values, and in popular media they are often used as external signs of racial identity. This dissertation investigates how certain objects and settings come to be identified as characteristic of particular racial groups, and how …
The Matachines dance of New Mexico is a marginal survival originally from the Iberian Peninsula, where its ancient roots extended to the Roman sword dances and rain rituals of Islamic North Africa, and is related to the English Morris dance. Fragments of the Matachines' ancient …
The Chicana/o Student Movement of the 1960s and 1970s in urban Southern California has been extensively researched and documented, yet very little attention has been given to the contributions of Chicanas/os in California’s rural Central Valley. The Valley’s historically oppress…
Malinalli: Ni Santa, Ni La Chingada, Solo Mujer explores the complex world of Mexican and Chicano men’s self-perception through their indigenous and Spanish roots. This thesis will argue and prove that an elite set of Mexican and Mexican-American male defined la Malinche’s behav…