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UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Loss, Rumination, and Narrative: Chicana/o Melancholy as Generative State Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3w20960q Author Baca, Michelle Patricia Publication Date 2014 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara Loss, Rumination, and Narrative: Chicana/o Melancholy as Generative State A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Chicana and Chicano Studies by Michelle Patricia Baca Committee in Charge: Professor Francisco Lomelí, Chair Professor María Herrera-Sobek Professor Carl Gutierrez-Jones December 2014 The dissertation of Michelle Patricia Baca is approved. María Herrera-Sobek Carl Gutierrez Jones Francisco Lomelí, Chair December 2014 Loss, Rumination, and Narrative: Chicana/o Melancholy as Generative State Copyright © 2014 by Michelle Patricia Baca iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation is dedicated to the loving tribe that is comprised of my family, friends, teachers, and colleagues. Thanks to this bunch I’ve been blessed with love, support, and the complete confidence that I could do anything I set my mind to. Thank you to my parents, Mama and Dad I wouldn’t be who I am without you. I wouldn’t be where I am without you. Thank you to Joe, the best brother in the world. Thank you to my teachers, all of them ever. Thank you to my colleagues and friends. Thank you for inspiring me, challenging me, and supporting me. Thank you to Justin, my partner in life and love. Thank you for bearing with me, and being proud of me. Thank you to my committee, your hard work and dedication has made this work possible. Thank you for your guidance and mentorship. iv Michelle Patricia Baca 5673 Encina Rd. #204. Goleta, CA 93117 Department of Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara 626-758-7016 EDUCATION Master of Arts University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (Fall 2007) Master of Arts in Chicana/o Studies, concentration in Chicana/o Literature and Critical Race and Gender Studies Master of Arts University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (May 2005) Master of Arts in English, concentration in Chicana/o and 19th Century U.S. American Literature Bachelor of Arts Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA (May 2001) Bachelor of Arts in English Literature HONORS, GRANTS AND AWARDS Fall 2011 Awarded the President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship Spring 2011 Awarded a quarter of fellowship support from the Chicana/o Studies Department. Fall 2009 Awarded a quarter of fellowship support from the Chicana/o Studies Department. Spring 2009 Awarded a quarter of fellowship support from the Chicana/o Studies Department. Fall 2007 Named Lead TA of the Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara Fall 2006 Named Lead TA of the Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara Winter 2006 Received a travel grant to Spain from the Center for Chicana/o Studies to present at a literature conference. Fall 2005 Received Department Fellowship, Department of Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Spring 2004 Received Katherine Mather Simms Best Essay Award, Department of English, University of New Mexico v Spring 2004 Received travel grant, Department of English, University of Mexico Fall 2003 Received Graduate Fellowship Award, University of New Mexico Summer 1998 Occidental College Research Grant to research Chicana/o Identity Fall 1997 Presidential Scholarship, Occidental College CONFERENCES Fall 2010 Presented as part of Chicana/o Studies Departmental Colloquium on Sandra Cisneros Fall 2008 Presented as part of the Luis Leal Award Colloquium on Pat Mora Fall 2008 “Melancholy Without Despair: The Archive of Fabiola Cabeza de Baca’s We Fed Them Cactus.” 2008 Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project Conference, Houston, TX Fall 2007 Presented as part of the Luis Leal Award Colloquium on Alejandro Morales Winter 2007 “Bodies that Work: Amputation and Materiality in Alejandro Morales’s The Rag Doll Plagues” MELUS Conference, Fresno, CA Spring 2006 “The Amputation of Mestiza Consciousness in Alejandro Morales’s The Rag Doll Plagues.” Chicana/o Literature Conference, Alcala de Henares, Spain Fall 2004 “(Re)Constructing Nativity Fray Angélico Chávez’s La Conquistadora” Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Conference, Albuquerque, NM Fall 2003 “Epic History, Novelistic Discourse: Fray Angélico Chávez’s La Conquistadora” Western American Literature Conference, Houston, TX PUBLICATIONS Fall 2010 Second author credit w/Professor Barvosa on “Women’s Leadership in the Development of Latina/o Studies,” Entry in Gender Women’s Leadership: A Reference Handbook. Sage Publications. (2010) Fall 2007 “The Leaky Bodies of Alejandro Morales’s The Rag Doll Plagues.” One Hundred Years of Loyalty in Honor of Luis Leal. Sara Poot Herrera, Francisco A. Lomelí & Maria Herrera-Sobek, eds. vi Fall 2006 Book review in Latino Studies Journal. Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton: Critical & Pedagogical Perspectives. Amelia Maria de la Luz Montes & Anne Elizabeth Goldman, eds. Winter 2004 Book review in Western American Literature Quarterly. Conflicts of Interest: The letters of Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton. Rosaura Sanchez & Beatrice Pita, eds. TEACHING AND RESEARCH Fall 2010 Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. Head TA for CH ST 1A. TAs attend lectures, lead section, manage all administrative tasks for the course and grade student writing. Spring 2010 Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. TA for CH ST 1C. TAs attend lectures, lead sections grade student writing. Winter 2010 Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. TA for CH ST 184A. TAs attend lectures, lead sections and grade student writing. Winter 2009 Women’s Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. Teaching Assistant: Led three sections of WM ST 60. TAs attend lectures, lead class discussions, and grade student writing. Fall 2008 Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. TA for CH ST 184A. TAs attend lectures, lead sections and grade student writing. Spring 2008 Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. TA for CH ST 183. TAs attend lectures, lead sections and grade student writing. Winter 2008 Women’s Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. Teaching Assistant: Led three sections of WM ST 60. TAs attend lectures, lead class discussions, and grade student writing. Fall 2007 Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. Reader for CH ST 184A. TAs attend lectures, and grade student writing. vii Summer 2007 Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. Teaching Assistant: Led three sections of CHST 1A. Spring 2007 Women’s Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. Teaching Assistant: Led four sections of WM ST 60. Winter 2007 Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. Teaching Assistant.: Led three sections of Chicano Studies 1B. Fall 2006 Women’s Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. Teaching Assistant: Led three sections of WM ST 20. Summer 2006 Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara Teaching Assistant. Leading one section of Chicano Studies 1A Fall 2005 – Spring 2006 Chicana/o Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara Teaching Assistant. Leading three sections of Chicano Studies 1A. and 1B. Fall 2002 – May 2005 English Department, University of New Mexico Teaching Assistant: Developed and taught one to two sections of English 101 and 102; or an upper division course every semester, chose course readings, wrote syllabi and other course materials, lectured, led class discussions, and graded student writing. Fall 2003 – May 2005 English Department, University of New Mexico Graduate Assistant for professor Jesse Alemán. Included research, team-teaching, and organizing the Southwest Semester. Summer 2003 – English Department, University of New Mexico Spring 2004 Cataloging Assistant for professor David Dunaway. Organized primary source materials for a Writing the Southwest master file at the Center for Southwest Research. viii UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT Summer 2011 Chicana/o Studies 180: Survey of Chicana/o Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara This course presents students with a broad base of Chicana/o literature and literary criticism. Students are asked to understand Chicana/o literature within larger frameworks of history, ethnicity and gender. Summer 2009 Feminist Studies 60: Women of Color Feminism, University of California, Santa Barbara This course presents students with the history, theory and practice of Women of Color Feminism in the U.S. Summer 2008 Chicana/o Studies 184: Chicana Writers, University of California, Santa Barbara This course presents students with a broad spectrum of Chicana writing and teach them critical literary analysis. Spring 2005 English 101: Expository Writing, University of New Mexico Spring 2004 & Fall 2004 English 220: The Art of Genre in Chicana/o Literature, University of New Mexico This advanced expository writing course examined writing across a variety of genres in Chicana/o literature: essays, poetry, drama, autobiography, vignette and film. Fall 2003 English 101: Expository