Borderline magic
department or school: Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Campos, Alexandra
issued: 2020-05-28T15:59:23Z
issued: 2020
related degree: Master of Fine Arts - MFA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This thesis and novel celebrates Mexican culture, family, and tradition in a fantastical setting while also examining the ways in which first generation Mexican American immigrant children cope with external pressures to identify themselves. Drawing on my own hydridic Mexican and American identity, the novel asks whether or not two separate spheres of identities can merge, and can they allow us to exist in a new liminal space? Set in contemporary Mexico, Borderline Magic uses a magic/non-magic dynamic as a narrative device to look at the nature of identities and how they either dissuade or encourage us find our place among our families and communities.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/74591
note: 1 BORDERLINE MAGIC by Alexandra Campos A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINE ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Creative Writing) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) April 2020 © Alexandra Campos, 2020 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: Borderline Magic submitted by Alexandra Campos in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing . Anne Fleming Associate Professor, Creative Studies, Creative Writing at UBC Okanagan Supervisor Tania Willard Assistant Professor, Creative Studies, Visual Arts at UBC Okanagan Supervisory Committee Member Michael V. Smith Associate Professor, Creative Studies, Creative Writing at UBC Okanagan Supervisory Committee Member Bernard Schulz-Cruz Associate Professor, Languages and World Literatures, Spanish at UBC Okanagan University Examiner Daniel Keyes Associate Professor, Cultural Studies, English and Cultural Studies, English at UBC Okanagan External Examiner iii Abstract This thesis and novel celebrates Mexican culture, family, and tradition in a fantastical setting while also examining the ways in which first generation Mexican American immigrant children cope with external pressures to identify themselves. Drawing on my own hydridic Mexican and American identity, the novel asks whether or not two separate spheres of identities can merge, and can they allow us to exist in a new liminal space? Set in contemporary Mexico, Borderline Magic uses a magic/non-magic dynamic as a narrative device to look at the nature of identities and how they either dissuade or encourage us find our place among our families and communities. iv Summary Narrated by the young adult character, Lorena Santiago comes from a family of witches, and has seen mostly the dark side of using magic. She vowed to live as normal a lif…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2020-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0391048
language: eng
degree discipline: Creative Writing
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/74591