Negotiations of Power in Mexican and Mexican American Women's Narratives

viii, 138 p. === This thesis examines casual storytelling among Mexican and Mexican American women in Oaxaca, Mexico and Eugene, Oregon. I focus on narratives involving powerful female protagonists and explore the ways in which storytelling can represent a negotiation of power in informants' li...

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Main Author:	McNabb, Caroline Louise, 1983-
Language:	en_US
Published:	University of Oregon 2011
Subjects:	Folklore Cultural anthropology Latin American history Gender Identity Legends Power Religion Storytelling Women storytellers
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11504

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spelling	ndltd-uoregon.edu-oai-scholarsbank.uoregon.edu-1794-115042018-12-20T05:47:52Z Negotiations of Power in Mexican and Mexican American Women's Narratives McNabb, Caroline Louise, 1983- Folklore Cultural anthropology Latin American history Gender Identity Legends Power Religion Storytelling Women storytellers viii, 138 p. This thesis examines casual storytelling among Mexican and Mexican American women in Oaxaca, Mexico and Eugene, Oregon. I focus on narratives involving powerful female protagonists and explore the ways in which storytelling can represent a negotiation of power in informants' lives. Taking a feminist and performance-centered approach, I analyze informants' perceptions of power and gender dynamics in their own lives and the lives of the iconic characters discussed. Analysis is based upon participant-observation, in-depth interviews, casual conversations, popular culture artifacts, and library and archival research. My research indicates that prose narratives are popular and discussed frequently among the communities I interacted with. Female icons function to shape virtuous feminine behavior and chastise immoral behaviors. Women form and articulate multiple identities and communicate about power and gender dynamics through discussion of these protagonists. Committee in charge: Dr. Lisa Gilman, Chairperson; Dr. Carol Silverman, Member; Dr. Robert Haskett, Member 2011-08-22T21:32:48Z 2011-08-22T21:32:48Z 2011-06 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11504 en_US University of Oregon theses, Folklore Program, M.A., 2011; University of Oregon
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topic	Folklore Cultural anthropology Latin American history Gender Identity Legends Power Religion Storytelling Women storytellers
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description	viii, 138 p. === This thesis examines casual storytelling among Mexican and Mexican American women in Oaxaca, Mexico and Eugene, Oregon. I focus on narratives involving powerful female protagonists and explore the ways in which storytelling can represent a negotiation of power in informants' lives. Taking a feminist and performance-centered approach, I analyze informants' perceptions of power and gender dynamics in their own lives and the lives of the iconic characters discussed. Analysis is based upon participant-observation, in-depth interviews, casual conversations, popular culture artifacts, and library and archival research. My research indicates that prose narratives are popular and discussed frequently among the communities I interacted with. Female icons function to shape virtuous feminine behavior and chastise immoral behaviors. Women form and articulate multiple identities and communicate about power and gender dynamics through discussion of these protagonists. === Committee in charge: Dr. Lisa Gilman, Chairperson; Dr. Carol Silverman, Member; Dr. Robert Haskett, Member
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