Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Committee Chair
Jennifer Buckner
Abstract
This paper uses postcolonial theory to analyze United States immigration legislation as it applies to the marginalized group of Mexican immigrants, beginning with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and ending with Obama’s proposed immigration plan in 2014. It also couples postcolonial theory with visual rhetoric concepts to analyze political cartoons and images relating to Mexican immigration, uncovering the attitudes and messages they represent.
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Citation Information
Morgan, Olivia Teague, "Mexican Immigrants as "Other": An Interdisciplinary Analysis of U.S. Immigration Legislation and Political Cartoons" (2015). MA in English Theses. 11.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/english_etd/11