Date of Award
4-5-2024
Document Type
Distinction Paper
Degree Name
English Literary Studies-BA
Department
English
Advisor
Margaret Koehler
First Committee Member
Margaret Koehler
Second Committee Member
Phyllis Burns
Third Committee Member
Jeremy Llorence
Keywords
Mexicanidad, Mestizo, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Literary Analysis, Genre Fiction, Eugenics
Subject Categories
Arts and Humanities | Higher Education
Abstract
Mexicanidad was a movement influenced by Indigenismo that merged Spanish and Indigenous heritage, creating a movement merging culture into a homogenous racial identity represented by the Spanish caste level of Mestizo. Literature explaining and exploring the ideas behind mestizaje begin to appear after the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, a 21st-century Mexican-Canadian author, begins to explore the embedded racism in Mexican society in her three novels: Mexican Gothic (2020), Daughter of Doctor Moreau (2022), and Silver Nitrate (2023). In her novels, she uses fantasy and horror elements to illustrate the monstrosity behind colonialism and eugenics. Through José Vasconcelos' The Cosmic Race, Moreno-Garcia explores mestizaje as a weapon against human monsters.
Licensing Permission
Copyright, all rights reserved. Fair Use
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Recommended Citation
Cuaxico, Mitzi, "MEXICANIDAD AND THE RACIAL IMPLICATIONS OF MEZTIZAJE THROUGH HORROR AND FANTASY IN SILVIA MORENO GARCIA’S NOVELS: MEXICAN GOTHIC (2020), DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU (2022) AND SILVER NITRATE (2023)" (2024). Undergraduate Distinction Papers. 112.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_dist/112