Dancing Identities: Debunking the Latina Myth
| dc.contributor.advisor | Cherry, Christian | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Caballero Segura, Jeanet | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-03T23:38:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-03T23:38:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-10-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This qualitative and experiential investigation is concerned with the body as a site of knowledge and manufacture of one's identity. Focusing on U.S. Visual Popular Culture, the study identifies the assumption of a Latina Myth and uses it as a source for exploration of choreography and identity. Consequently, the research constitutes the conceptual frame in which Not About Me, a 30-minute solo theatrical dance piece, was conceived. The project advocates for postmodern or contemporary dance as a way to destabilize, disrupt or debunk cultural stereotypes in which the dancing body is inscribed. The research is a first-person perspective and intends to contribute to the understanding of identities and Latinidad as a contextual and always-evolving process. A supplemental file of the video Not About Me is included with this thesis. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/13337 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Choreography | en_US |
| dc.subject | Identity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Latino/a studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Popular culture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Visual representations | en_US |
| dc.title | Dancing Identities: Debunking the Latina Myth | en_US |
| dc.type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Department of Dance | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Oregon | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | M.F.A. | en_US |