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Banana [Mis]representations: A Gendered History of the United Fruit Company and las mujeres bananeras

Bologna, Michelle Grace
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1364908337

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2013, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, History.
This thesis focuses on banana women’s representations and how capitalism reinforces the patriarchal system in Honduras by utilizing three distinct yet interconnected discourses: The United Fruit Company, Honduran banana novels, and female banana union workers’ testimonials. The Roosevelt Administration’s Good Neighbor Policy (1933) with the collective help of the United Fruit Company and Hollywood presented Latin America and Latin American women stereotypically representing them as a sexualized and exotic persona in US mass media as observed through Carmen Miranda and shortly following, the creation of Miss Chiquita Banana.The three Honduran banana novels utilized in this thesis are: Prisión verde (1950), Destacamento rojo (1962) by Ramón Amaya Amador, and Barro (1951) by Pacas Navas Miralda, that act as a counter United Fruit and Hollywood discourse. I analyze that although the novels provide a strong anti-United Fruit sentiment, the authors are also under a patriarchal discourse through their stereotypical representations of their female characters. I explore the testimonials of unionized banana women who have begun to take back their history by pursuing direct political action against gender discrimination and workers’ exploitation.
Valeria Grinberg Pla, PhD (Advisor)
Amilcar Challu, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Francisco Cabanillas, PhD (Committee Member)
95 p.
Gender Studies; Latin American History; Latin American Literature; Latin American Studies
Patriarchy; Capitalism; Imperialism; United Fruit Company; Good Neighbor Policy; Carmen Miranda; Chiquita Banana; Banana Novels; Honduras; Mujeres bananeras; Testimonies; Gender Discrimination

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  • Bologna, M. G. (2013). Banana [Mis]representations: A Gendered History of the United Fruit Company and las mujeres bananeras [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1364908337

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bologna, Michelle. Banana [Mis]representations: A Gendered History of the United Fruit Company and las mujeres bananeras. 2013. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1364908337.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bologna, Michelle. "Banana [Mis]representations: A Gendered History of the United Fruit Company and las mujeres bananeras." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1364908337

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