The purpose of this study is to examine the communication issues and loss of cultural capital that monolingual English-speaking Mexican-American children face in order to communicate with their monolingual Spanish-speaking Mexican grandmothers due to language loss. This study de…
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From 1929 to 1952, Mexico was undergoing a period of intense nationalism as the state, newly emerging from the Mexican Revolution, sought to legitimize itself, consolidate its institutions and promote economic growth. As a consequence, these years witnessed an intense search for…
Between the years 1941 and 1982, the Mexican banking system experienced unprecedented growth and remarkably sound management. Historically, however, it was a banking system that did not fulfill the real financial needs for the Mexican economy. The explanation of why this happene…
Before 1870, the Protestant church determined the moral vision of the United States, viewing its values as essential to the success of American democracy at home and its expansion abroad. But after the 1870s domestic labor unrest forced Protestant leaders to launch a crusade to …
The objectives of this dissertation are the following. To define the parameters of the novela del 68 and to argue for the conceptualization of a gendered novela del 68 as expressed in the analysis of the three novels under consideration: Pánico o peligro, by María Luisa Puga (19…
The 1994 mobilisation of the Emiliano Zapata Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in the Chiapas state of Southern Mexico prompted much academic and political debate. The EZLN proposed a variety of economic, political, social and. cultural demands in the ensuing days, weeks, month…
Between 1950 and 1970 television emerged as one of the most important forms of mass communication in Mexico. An analysis of television news scripts and film clips located at the Televisa (the nation's largest television network) Archives in Mexico City exposed tensions and tradi…
Cinemas and Cities: Spatiality in Taiwanese, Mexican, and Iranian Urban Films examines a paradigmatic shift of aesthetic norms that occurred in these three cinemas in the 1990s. As Taiwanese cinema gradually turned away from a nostalgic retrospection of the rural past toward a k…
From a contemporary standpoint, the journey experiences of exile and return in the Hebrew Bible present some interesting connections and parallels with other forms of social movement such as international migration and border-crossings. In terms of my specific positioning as a H…
My dissertation project, "College Knowledge: The Experiences of Mexican Mothers and Educational Success in the Midwest", is grounded in the idea that Mexican parents (regardless of citizenship status) take part in a critical role in U.S. schooling today. While Mexican parents ho…
This dissertation proposes a new interdisciplinary conceptualization of Mexican modernity during the two decades following the Revolution. Through an analysis of the visual and literary production of various, coexisting avant-garde movements, I achieve a clearer vision of the so…
This dissertation examines how the conflicts of revolutionary Mexico provided Arab immigrants the opportunity to prosper and create their own unique community in the post-revolutionary nation. Arab immigrants successfully negotiated their role in Mexican society by exploiting so…
Financial crises are significant economic, political and international events. In today's financial affairs, the world cannot ignore financial crises occurring in a particular country or region due to their multiple economic, financial and political implications at domestic, reg…
North American literary studies defines captivity narratives by examples like Mary Rowlandson’s The Sovereignty & Goodness of God (1682), which describes a white woman taken captive by a Native American man. Through such narratives, the captive’s inevitable rescue by white men h…
During the United States Civil War, a Mexican national, Pedro Garcia, and hundreds ofothers like him came to Brownsville, Texas, looking for ways to strengthen their positions byjoining the Union army. Eventually, the Mexican/Tejano recruits deserted in droves while theUnion for…
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…
Transitioning from high school to college can be a challenging experience, especially for Latinx college students who are the first generation in their families to attend college. College students have incorporated spirituality and religiosity as ways of coping. However, there h…