“I wanted my tiara, damn it” : queer kinship and drag royalty in Felicia Luna Lemus’ Trace elements of random tea parties

This paper traces La Llorona’s evolution from ancient Aztec cosmology to Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties, a contemporary novel by Felicia Luna Lemus. I argue that the protagonist’s entrenchment in her own Llorona myth ultimately inhibits the development of a queer community in collaboration wit...

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Main Author: Traylor, Julia Faith Foshee
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Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26366
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spelling ndltd-UTEXAS-oai-repositories.lib.utexas.edu-2152-263662015-09-20T17:26:49Z“I wanted my tiara, damn it” : queer kinship and drag royalty in Felicia Luna Lemus’ Trace elements of random tea partiesTraylor, Julia Faith FosheeQueerKinshipMexican-AmericanAztecFelicia Luna LemusTrace elements of random tea partiesLa LloronaTlazolteotlThis paper traces La Llorona’s evolution from ancient Aztec cosmology to Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties, a contemporary novel by Felicia Luna Lemus. I argue that the protagonist’s entrenchment in her own Llorona myth ultimately inhibits the development of a queer community in collaboration with the community of her birth. While Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties leaves the tension between familial duty and personal desire unresolved, the constant narrative oscillation between past tea parties with Leti’s grandmothers and present tea parties with Leti’s chosen lesbian familia opens a space for new kinship structures to emerge, remapping the contours of the Mexican-American family and a woman’s role within it.text2014-10-08T20:33:31Z2013-052013-07-31May 20132014-10-08T20:33:31ZThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/26366
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topic Queer
Kinship
Mexican-American
Aztec
Felicia Luna Lemus
Trace elements of random tea parties
La Llorona
Tlazolteotl
spellingShingle Queer
Kinship
Mexican-American
Aztec
Felicia Luna Lemus
Trace elements of random tea parties
La Llorona
Tlazolteotl
Traylor, Julia Faith Foshee
“I wanted my tiara, damn it” : queer kinship and drag royalty in Felicia Luna Lemus’ Trace elements of random tea parties
description This paper traces La Llorona’s evolution from ancient Aztec cosmology to Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties, a contemporary novel by Felicia Luna Lemus. I argue that the protagonist’s entrenchment in her own Llorona myth ultimately inhibits the development of a queer community in collaboration with the community of her birth. While Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties leaves the tension between familial duty and personal desire unresolved, the constant narrative oscillation between past tea parties with Leti’s grandmothers and present tea parties with Leti’s chosen lesbian familia opens a space for new kinship structures to emerge, remapping the contours of the Mexican-American family and a woman’s role within it. === text
author Traylor, Julia Faith Foshee
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title “I wanted my tiara, damn it” : queer kinship and drag royalty in Felicia Luna Lemus’ Trace elements of random tea parties
title_short “I wanted my tiara, damn it” : queer kinship and drag royalty in Felicia Luna Lemus’ Trace elements of random tea parties
title_full “I wanted my tiara, damn it” : queer kinship and drag royalty in Felicia Luna Lemus’ Trace elements of random tea parties
title_fullStr “I wanted my tiara, damn it” : queer kinship and drag royalty in Felicia Luna Lemus’ Trace elements of random tea parties
title_full_unstemmed “I wanted my tiara, damn it” : queer kinship and drag royalty in Felicia Luna Lemus’ Trace elements of random tea parties
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