Date of Award
1-1-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in English
First Advisor
Leigh Anne Duck
Second Advisor
Kathryn McKee
School
University of Mississippi
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
This collection begins with the premise that colonial relationships manifest in ways beyond exploitation of one nation by another. It relies on the decolonial theory of Walter D. Mignolo in its assumption that imbalances of power in the realms of race gender sexuality and class are fundamentally colonial. With this more expansive understanding of coloniality in mind I examine resistance to colonial exploitation in a range of texts from across the Americas. The first essay in this collection explores the role of the guinea pig in Andean food culture arguing that the continued consumption of guinea pig represents a form of decolonial resistance. The second paper examines the allegory of US imperialism within María Amparo Ruiz de Burton’s novel Who Would Have Thought It?. The third essay scrutinizes solidarity-building in Alfonso Cuarón’s 2019 film Roma. Ultimately this collection argues that an expanded definition of decolonial work is necessary to challenge the expansiveness of colonial thinking.
Recommended Citation
Norwood, Isabel, "Decolonial resistance in latinx writings from Peru to the United States: a portfolio" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1775.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1775