Heirlooms, 2024
Scope and Content Note
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.
The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and changed to digital submissions in 2020. There are also a handful of audiocassette tapes and one USB. The media components are stored onsite at the Archives.
Dates
- 2024
Creator
- Gómez, Crystal M. (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Use
The thesis is restricted due to FERPA, permission from the author is required before you can view the thesis.
Extent
49 pages
Language of Materials
From the record group: English
From the record group: Chinese
From the record group: Spanish; Castilian
Overview
"Heirlooms summons fragmented ancestral memory to illustrate the speaker's gendered relationships to land and place. In the first half of the collection, the speaker traverses a lineage of matriarchs and the delicate relationships between Puerto Rican women who survive displacement and diaspora. Through ritual and a multilingual incantation, the speaker honors the complexities of generational difference and struggle within an American setting. In the second half, the collection reflects upon a multiracial upbringing and turns to relationships with spiritual and incarcerated father figures to transform grief and invoke political resistance. From here, the collection's line of vision shifts to creating intergenerational solidarity from worlds away before returning again to the speaker's experiences of womanhood." -- Abstract
Physical Location
RG 010.01B Writing, Literature & Publishing
Physical Description
49 pages
Repository Details
Part of the Emerson College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Walker Building, Room 223
120 Boylston Street
Boston Massachusetts 02116 United States
(617) 824-8301
archives@emerson.edu