English Language and Literature ETDs
Publication Date
Fall 5-15-2021
Abstract
The following dissertation is made up of a collection of poems concerning Mexican-American labor, socioeconomic distress and transnationality. While the work in this dissertation attempts to understand ‘brownness’ through the lens of migration and marginalization, it aims to present the contemporary realities of Mexican-American peoples. Through a combination of ‘traditional poetics’ (what the author dubs as left-hand margin poems) and ‘VisPo,’ the collection attempts to understand the complexity of intergenerational and multicultural relationships in Hispanic communities. The collected poetry is intended to be hyper-regional, concerned with violence that occurs in urban Los Angeles—violence that is sexual, corporeal, and emotional in nature. The author is concerned with how race and culture is constructed (and reacted towards) through poetry. This work includes photographs from the author’s family members in hopes to better understand the obstacles of immigrant experience.
Degree Name
MFA Creative Writing
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
English
First Committee Member (Chair)
Lisa Chavez
Second Committee Member
Daniel Mueller
Third Committee Member
Michelle Hall-Kells
Fourth Committee Member
Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Language
English
Keywords
Poetry, Mexican-American Poetry, Vispo, Visual poetry, code-switching, Code-switching in poetry
Document Type
Dissertation
Recommended Citation
Donate, Darren. "NADA MÁS QUE DECIR." (2021). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/engl_etds/297
