Date of Award
2021-05-01
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Creative Writing
Advisor(s)
Rosa Alcalá
Abstract
Island Girl Can't Swim is an exploration of romantic love by and about someone who seemingly does not understand it. Through different frameworks, those of Puerto Rico's colonialism, pop culture and personal experience, understanding is attempted within a society with rigid definitions of love. This rigidity extends beyond those of heteronormativity, nationality, and culture to include, and center, experience and what qualifies as love. Through a narrative constructed through poems with characters, such as Island Girl and her main love interest Border Boy, Island Girl Can't Swim blurs the lines of expectations among a variety of structures that are considered given, if the aforementioned are even acknowledged as structures at all.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2021-05
File Size
94 p.
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Laura Vazquez Lopez
Recommended Citation
Vazquez Lopez, Laura, "Island Girl Can't Swim" (2021). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 3364.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/3364