The Return to Aztlan

Authors

Eliseo Moreno, University of Texas-Pan American

Date of Award

12-2009

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Art

First Advisor

Reynaldo Santiago

Second Advisor

Philip Field

Third Advisor

Richard Hyslin

Abstract

With this thesis I will focus on my Chicano artistic influences as well as on my life experiences as a third-generation Chicano growing up in the barrios of Browntown, “Tejas” (Brownsville, Texas) I will also examine in my paintings the Chicano identity; its culture, traditions, beliefs, and lifestyle. In this thesis like my artwork I will depict the myth of “Atzlan” via eras of the Chicano movement. I will start my writings with the mid-nineteen forties, the “Zoot Suit” era, which I believe is the original beginning of the Chicano movement, and advance to the nineteen sixties and seventies where the Chicano Civil Rights movement gave birth to Chicano art.

Comments

Copyright 2009 Eliseo Moreno. All Rights Reserved.

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Granting Institution

University of Texas-Pan American