English Language and Literature ETDs

Publication Date

Winter 11-15-2022

Abstract

This project explores and wades through the implications of mestizaje in the murky depths of Shakespeare’s oceans. Disguises and mistakes in identities and in gender and “race” draw on the hybridity and indeterminacy of the early modern stage and its fluidity and lack of order to reflect an unhomed and unmediated formation of nationhood, diaspora, and (trans)global identities. Drawing on ecocritical and critical race theories, I contend the tragicomic works of Shakespeare expose and dismantle ecoracial fantasies of white male supremacy to curate a space of mestizaje for a new generation of BIPOC scholars.

Degree Name

English

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

English

First Committee Member (Chair)

Marissa Greenberg

Second Committee Member

Carmen Nocentelli

Third Committee Member

Belinda Wallace

Fourth Committee Member

Ruben Espinosa

Language

English

Keywords

Land, Shakespeare, Ecocriticism, Chicana, Healing

Document Type

Thesis

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