Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 12-2008 Estadounidenses and Gringos as Reality and Imagination in Mexican Narrative of the Late Twentieth Century Jessica Lynam Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Chicana/o Studies Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, and the Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Lynam, Jessica, "Estadounidenses and Gringos as Reality and Imagination in Mexican Narrative of the Late Twentieth Century" (2008). Dissertations. 791. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/791 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ESTADOUNIDENSES AND GRINGOS AS REALITY AND IMAGINATION IN MEXICAN NARRATIVE OF THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Jessica Lynam A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Spanish Advisor: John Benson, Ph.D. Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan December 2008 UMI Number: 3340191 INFORMATION TO USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleed-through, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion.