Date of Award
Fall 11-17-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
December 2025
Department
Communication and Multimedia Studies
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Beatriz Nieto-Fernandez
Abstract
This study critically examines discourse and the ways it shapes identities and community belonging for self-identifying Afro-Latina, second-generation-immigrant women in South Florida. This qualitative research uses an intercultural communication framework to analyze interviews and collected poems. Informed by grounded theory and a Black feminist critical approach rooted in the intersectionality theory, the data is analyzed through comparative thematic and metaphorical rhetorical analyses. When discussing the discourses related to the development of ethno-racial identities for Afro-Latinas, certain communicative patterns of self-discovering, self-defining, and self-envisioning emerged. With regard to community belonging, three metaphorical discourses arose: not-enoughness, in-betweenness, and un-humanness. The internalization of discourses exemplifies how ideologies frame our communication. This study produces the “I’m Too Much, Yet Never Enough Paradox” and “Multiple Consciousness” concepts. The poetic approach permits the reader to better understand the depth of the experiences of the participants—Cameron-Grace, Rose, Sasha, Elizabeth, Alani, and Jacqueline.
Recommended Citation
Webster, Eleni Victoria, "THE “I’M TOO MUCH, YET NEVER ENOUGH” PARADOX: A CRITICAL APPROACH TO DISCOURSES OF AFRO-LATINIDAD AMONG SECOND-GENERATION-IMMIGRANT WOMEN IN SOUTH FLORIDA" (2025). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 237.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general/237