Joanna Torres '11
Crónica De San Gabriel: Comparative Lifestyle and Tolerance Issues Among Peruvian Andean Populations
Crónica De San Gabriel, by Julio Ramon
Ribeyro, is a Peruvian
novel that depicts the
life of a typical wealthy
Andean family of the
early 20th century
through the eyes of a
Limean adolescent.
Although Ribeyro
claims that it is not an
indigenous novel,
predominant themes
surrounding the treatment of indigenous people by the
Peruvian upper class tend to prove otherwise. Joanna’s
thesis explores these themes in a quest to prove that it
is, in fact, an indigenous novel.
Jessie Labadie '07
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.
Ashley Barksdale '06
¿Por qué no soy mexicano?
An essay exploring the meanings and cultural connotations of the concepts of “mestizo” and “indígena” in contemporary Mexico.
Nancy Fermoselle '03
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.
