Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
12-16-2022
Year of Publication
2022
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/School/Program
Hispanic Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Dierdra Reber
Abstract
This project investigates the strategies of Latin/x American women who have used their voices and influence in the media to break barriers, enter spaces that have excluded them, and advocate for changes so that young girls like them do not have to face these same limitations. Chapter One investigates politicians who, from their political power positions, interweave personal stories with their accomplishments to provide role models for these careers. Chapter Two identifies actors who combine their personal stories with activist causes to alter representation in TV and film. The YouTubers in Chapter Three bolster a rhetoric of empowerment to encourage girls/women to be their own bosses. A pattern emerges in both hemispheres where influential women from various sectors (politics, Hollywood, YouTube) have initially gained attention through their careers, garnered a following on social media, and from this place of power have used their platform to share personal stories in order to offer counter narratives and advocate for the possibilities, opportunities, and inclusion of the next generation of young Latin/x American girls and women.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2022.425
Recommended Citation
Northcutt, Marlee, "FIRST-PERSON POLITICS: STRATEGIES OF LATIN/X AMERICAN WOMEN TO CHANGE THE NEOLIBERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPOWERMENT AND INCLUSION ONE SHARE, LIKE, SUBSCRIBE AT A TIME" (2022). Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies. 54.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/hisp_etds/54
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