En la Guarida/Where the Wolves Eat the Lion

Author

Jose Rodriguez Ventura, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Date of Award

5-2019

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Creative Writing

First Advisor

Dr. Elvia Ardalani

Second Advisor

Dr. Edna Ochoa

Third Advisor

Dr. Alexander Stehn

Abstract

En la Guarida/Where the Wolves Eat the Lion is a work in the tradition of Latin-American hybrid literature. It transitions between prose, poetry, and prose-poetry, as it details the family history of its narrator and traces the South-to-North crossing Mexican immigrants undertake in order to pursue a better life north of the Reynosa/Hidalgo border. The thesis details the difficult life mothers, daughters, and sons face as they try to assimilate into the first-world, whether linguistically, or culturally. It is concerned with the power dynamics between men and women, fathers and mothers, and daughters and sons in Mexican American Culture in the Rio Grande Valley.

Comments

Copyright 2019 Jose Rodriguez Ventura. All Rights Reserved.

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Recommended Citation

Rodriguez Ventura, Jose, "En la Guarida/Where the Wolves Eat the Lion" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 584.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/etd/584