Date of Award
2013-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Creative Writing
Advisor(s)
Lex Williford
Abstract
In order to address the way the Chicano culture attempts to silence its women, My Mother's Daughter is a collection of short stories narrated by Chicanas. The collection uses the complicated relationship between mothers and daughters to highlight the conflicts that lead to the silencing of Chicanas. The collection attempts to challenge this silencing by utilizing the first person perspective to give a voice to these traditionally silenced women. Another literary technique employed is the use of dramatic irony. With multiple first person narrators in the same story the collection uses dramatic irony as a way of playing up the conflicts while simultaneously exemplifying the silence mandated on the Chicanas in the story.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2013
File Size
161 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Monica Vanessa Martinez
Recommended Citation
Martinez, Monica Vanessa, "My Mother's Daughter" (2013). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 1877.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/1877
Included in
Chicana/o Studies Commons, English Language and Literature Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, Women's Studies Commons