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Erotics as Decolonization and Pathway to Spiritual Activism in Chicana Literature: Demetria Martínez's Mother Tongue and Alma Luz Villanueva's Naked Ladies

Walker, Wendy L.

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2012, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, English (Arts and Sciences).
"Erotics as Decolonization and Pathway to Spiritual Activism in Chicana Literature: Demetra Martínez's Mother Tongue and Alma Luz Villanueva's Naked Ladies" examines the inherent conflicts faced by the Chicana as a result of Spanish and U.S. colonialism and the direct effects on the Chicana body, sexuality, and spirituality. Through what I term "erotics as decolonization," the Chicana resists Colonialist and patriarchal paradigms in order to gain sexual agency, and become practitioners of spiritual activism.
George Hartley (Committee Chair)
Ghirmai Negash (Committee Member)
Ayesha Hardison (Committee Member)
Michele Clouse (Committee Member)
155 p.

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  • Walker, W. L. (2012). Erotics as Decolonization and Pathway to Spiritual Activism in Chicana Literature: Demetria Martínez's Mother Tongue and Alma Luz Villanueva's Naked Ladies [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1344436989

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Walker, Wendy. Erotics as Decolonization and Pathway to Spiritual Activism in Chicana Literature: Demetria Martínez's Mother Tongue and Alma Luz Villanueva's Naked Ladies. 2012. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1344436989.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Walker, Wendy. "Erotics as Decolonization and Pathway to Spiritual Activism in Chicana Literature: Demetria Martínez's Mother Tongue and Alma Luz Villanueva's Naked Ladies." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1344436989

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)