Academics at MBC
Senior Projects & Student Research
"Gender and Ethnic Identity in Mexican-American
Immigrants"
Elizabeth
Barrows '02
“La pluma del Mariel”
Through an analysis of Exiles and Outcasts:
A Collection of Short Stories by Cecilia Rodríguez-Milanés, Ms.
Nancy Fermoselle discusses who were the Marielitos — the Cubans who escaped
through the port of Mariel in 1980 — and how they were received, stereotyped,
and treated by the Cuban-American community in Miami.
Nancy Fermoselle '03
“¿Por qué no
soy mexicano?”
An essay exploring the meanings
and cultural connotations of the concepts of “mestizo” and “indígena” in
contemporary Mexico.
Ashley Barksdale '06
“La escritura femenina en la poesía de Ana Rossetti”
In
this thesis, Ms. Jessie Labadie applies Hélène Cixous concept
of “écriture féminine” to interpret Ana Rossetti’s
poems in Los devaneos de Erato.
Jessie Labadie '07
