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Publication Date
2025-5
First Advisor
Cornelia D. J. Pearsall
Document Type
Honors Project
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English Language and Literature
Keywords
American literature, gay/lesbian, genre invention, self-preservation, autobiographical, biomythography, autohistoria-teoría, identity, myth-making, Chicana lesbianism, Black lesbianism
Rights
©2025 Jenna Chadwick. Access limited to the Smith College community and other researchers while on campus. Smith College community members also may access from off-campus using a Smith College log-in. Other off-campus researchers may request a copy through Interlibrary Loan for personal use.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chadwick, Jenna, "Genre Invention as Self-Preservation: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and Audre Lorde’s Zami: A New Spelling of my Name" (2025). Honors Project, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/2774
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Comments
100 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-100).