
University of Nevada, Reno Understanding My Intersectionality, Decoloniality, and Delinking: An (Auto)Ethnography Analyzing Stories of an Immigrant Girl from the Road, Across Borders and Across Seas A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Communication Studies by Ana-Luisa Ortiz-Martinez Dr. Jenna N. Hanchey/Thesis Advisor May, 2019 Copyright by Ana-Luisa Ortiz-Martinez 2019 All Rights Reserved THE GRADUATE SCHOOL We recommend that the thesis prepared under our supervision by ANA-LUISA ORTIZ-MARTINEZ entitled Understanding My Intersectionality, Decoloniality, and Delinking: An (Auto)Ethnography Analyzing Stories of an Immigrant Girl from the Road, Across Borders and Across Seas be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Jenna N. Hanchey, Ph.D., Advisor Lydia C. Huerta, Ph.D., Committee Member Wifredo de Rafols, Ph.D., Graduate School Representative David W. Zeh, Ph.D., Dean, Graduate School May, 2019 i Abstract This project analyzes different stories in the author's life through a handful of communication theories. The objective of the project is to better understand how values and cultures have helped the author delink and better comprehend her intersectionality. It examines life as a first generation immigrant, music as rhetoric, and delinking through life’s circumstances and creativity. Keywords: Delinking, Intersectionality, Decoloniality, Autoethnography ii DEDICATION For Antonia Rodriguez de Ortiz for giving me the color of my skin in the summer; instilling a love of knowledge, books, and culture in us; and most importantly giving me my Abuelo my favorite accomplice, reading and research partner. And For Galia Antonia, for being the driving force in everything I do. I love being your mom Galia. Para Antonia Rodriguez de Ortiz por dejarnos el bronceado de la piel en el verano; plantar el amor al conocimiento, la lectura y la cultura en nosotros; y más importante por darme a mi abuelo el mejor cómplice, compañero de lectura e investigación. Y para Galia Antonia, por ser mi motor día a día. Me encanta ser tu mamá Galia. iii Contents CHAPTER 1: THEORIES AND METHODS ....................................................................... 1 Galia ................................................................................................................................ 1 Theories ........................................................................................................................... 3 Coloniality, Decoloniality, Delinking ............................................................................ 3 Colonialism .................................................................................................................. 3 Decoloniality ................................................................................................................ 5 Delinking ...................................................................................................................... 6 Intersectionality .......................................................................................................... 10 Vernacular Discourse ................................................................................................ 12 Methods ......................................................................................................................... 13 Chapters/Sections ......................................................................................................... 16 CHAPTER 2: STORIES FROM I-395 ............................................................................... 18 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 18 Theory ........................................................................................................................... 19 Methods ......................................................................................................................... 23 The Sierra Nevada and Coming to Reno ..................................................................... 24 The Pink Denny’s in Bishop and My Brothers .............................................................. 27 Lone Pine to Hillcrest and All Those Thoughts ............................................................ 30 Adelanto the Last Stop .................................................................................................. 36 Where the Freeways Meet that Girl I Became.............................................................. 39 CHAPTER 3: DECOLONIAL LYRICS .............................................................................. 43 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 43 Music as a Type of Decolonial Vernacular ................................................................... 43 Methods ......................................................................................................................... 48 The Music I Love ........................................................................................................... 50 Te quiero .................................................................................................................... 51 America ...................................................................................................................... 57 Latinoamerica ............................................................................................................ 62 Mexico Eres Todo ...................................................................................................... 66 iv CHAPTER 4: DELINKING THROUGH KNOWLEDGE, ART, AND LOVE ...................... 73 Around the Gallery ........................................................................................................ 74 Technique and Brush Strokes....................................................................................... 75 The Stroke of Coloniality ........................................................................................... 75 A Brush of Delinking .................................................................................................. 76 The Canvas of Intersectionality and Intercultural Communication ............................... 79 Colonialism, Racism, the System and Me ................................................................ 80 Delinking Through Art & Mary ....................................................................................... 85 Delinking Through Academia, Carlo, and Italy ............................................................. 87 Delinking With Love for My Abuelo and Galia .............................................................. 91 A Closing Note by the Artist .......................................................................................... 93 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION ........................................................................................... 96 v Figure 1: 395 ..................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 2: 395 ..................................................................................................................... 27 Figure 3: 395 ..................................................................................................................... 30 Figure 4: 395 ..................................................................................................................... 36 Figure 5: 395 ..................................................................................................................... 39 Figure 6: 395 ..................................................................................................................... 42 Figure 7: The Dolphins (2012). ......................................................................................... 73 Figure 8: Huejuquilla (2003). ............................................................................................ 75 Figure 9: “May your roots collide on a well rooted flight” (2012). ..................................... 80 Figure 10: The Sierra NV (2002). ..................................................................................... 85 Figure 11: Positano, (2012). ............................................................................................. 87 Figure 12: The One For Galia, (2016). ............................................................................. 90 Figure 13: La nina y las estrellas, (2017). ........................................................................ 93 1 CHAPTER 1: THEORIES AND METHODS Galia One of my favorite things in the world is watching my daughter sleep. Observing my whirlwind child come to peace at the end of the day is extraordinary, even more so because unlike most children, at just two years old, Galia goes to sleep with a book. She chooses a book out of the four we read nightly and then hugs it or sets it by her side. I look at her proudly and think, “Oh yeah she is mine...”. Not to be narcissistic, but she really is extraordinary, detailed oriented and focused when need be, fearless at almost every moment. Galia has been painting since before she could walk, prefers rock music or salsa over children’s music, and can sit through four stories night and still sometimes ask for a fifth. And of course, she does some more age-appropriate things, sings
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