Some famous Latin artists such as Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, and Jennifer Lopez were artists that brought together Latin music with mainstream pop.…
In Christina Garcia's, Dreaming In Cuba, we read about three generations of a Cuban family torn apart by their environment. Political turmoil force the del Pino family to split and cause animosity amongst each other. It is centered on the complicated relationships and bonds between mother and daughter. Garcia expresses the story in a mixture of first and third person narration. This method paints a portrait to show the diverse mother-daughter relationship, allowing readers a multi-view perspective of not only bonds but also complications. The mothers of the story are portrayed to be the villains by their own daughters. We see this through three generations, Celia, her daughter Lourdes, and Lourdes daughter, Pilar. Interactions between mother and daughter headline the majority of the dialogue in Garcia's story. However, the fathers of the story are in the background and respected by their daughters. The story doesn't give too much insight on Lourdes father, Jorge or Pilar's father, Rufino. It's as if the most influential parents are despised, while the fathers are praised. Pilar, the protagonist, travels down a similar road her mother traveled. Pilar wants to be nothing like her mother.…
Mariachi is a traditional style of music in Mexico. It is seen at local and cultural festivals, theatres, and even fiestas (parties). Most Mariachi songs are about love and romance, even lost love. Until the 1930’s Mariachi was unknown to folks outside of the region. It was the music of county people, so Mariachi groups were local or semi-professional.…
Selena Quintanilla Perez was a famous Mexican American Tejano singer. Her life was filled with lots and lots of success. With all the success she had, Selena had lots of problems on the way. Selena had lots of friends and family supporting her to all of her success. On March 31, 1995 something very bad ended her career.…
The U.S. culture has been saturated with Mexican and Puerto Rican influences. Influence is defined as a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do. I believe most of the influences are good but there are also some that are bad. The two major influences that will be brought up would be the influence of human creativity and violence.…
Maya Angelou, who was the first African-American to work in the San Francisco streetcars, accomplished many things in her life. This fact proves that Angelou was a woman who believed in doing what needs to be done in order to accomplish her goals. Angelou made an impact on the world by creating books for children that could relate to most of their situations, but most importantly she fought for African American rights in the early and middle 1900s.…
Pilar Puente spends the entire novel searching for some sort of identity in the patriarchal male society. She challenges this society through her art, which she thinks is the best way to communicate her ideas. Communicating through this seemingly different language allows her to cope with her struggle to connect to one of two worlds, Cuba and America. Pilar is caught by the punk rock scene which indicates she has a rebellious, independent, and anti-government mindset. Pilar Puente demonstrates the ideas through her biggest artwork of the book, “SL-76” (Garcia 141).…
The Cuban Embargo was enacted in 1960 to apply diplomatic and economic pressure on the Castro administration and Cuba. In the context of Cold War Cuba, as a communist country and ally of the USSR, they posed a large threat to the US being located a mere 90 miles off the coast of Florida. After 40 years of embargo, the measure became a dated relic from a bygone era. With Castro receding from power and cold war-era communist tensions less salient in the contemporary world, it was time that the embargo was lifted. At the July opening of the Cuban embassy in Washington, Secretary of State John Kerry said, "Nothing is more futile than trying to live in the past." (Orlando Sentinel) The US made the correct move…
What are the characteristics of a true leader? A true leader is a person who is able to share painful experience with the world. Many authors are not willing to share their personal life with billions of people, well Maya Angelou is my definition of a true leader. She is very intelligent and is a great person that many children look up to. She was born as Marguerite Johnson on April 4th, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. Only a true leader can express their life experience to everybody. Maya Angelou shared her personal tradict moments with over a billion people.…
Able to perform the most complex song with unquestionable ability, the Compostelan pianist Isabel Pérez Dobarro is living the American dream. But she does not renounce her Galician heritage.…
However, there are many who would argue that Americans stole cultural ideas from other areas. The most obvious example is music. Elvis Presley was, and still is, a music icon; however many believe that he stole the idea of Rock ‘n’ roll from African Americans. An online article voice, “... an equal and opposite meme holds that Elvis stole rock from its original black performers—that he put a white face on black music and then unjustly profited from white America's clueless and racist marketing preferences” (Getting Elvis's Legacy Right). A valid point indeed, yet as the article states, it is a “meme”. Likewise, the article also asserts, “In reaction to the transparently false claim that Elvis invented rock and roll…” This argument is blatantly…
Liberalism has been created and molded through many time periods, with the assistance of various great thinkers and valid viewpoints. Depending on who is asked, liberalism may have many different levels to it for them. Factors that could have shaped their view of liberalism may be their heritage and where they live or have lived. Being specific to the quote, the first section of it more referring to welfare capitalism, while the second part is largely modern liberalism. There are two distinct principles of ideology presented in the source; the first ideology given is a view that embraces more of a free-market economy, little government involvement. The second part of the source expresses more of a command economy ideology. That includes…
There are supporters and opponents of imperialism. Some people support imperialism because it’s does the following: increase the number of people converting to Christianity, help countries obtain raw materials by making a profit of it with other countries. Josiah Strong, Alfred Mahan, and among others supported imperialism movement. Opponents felt imperialism violated the basic foundation of independence, as result of their strong feels, they formed the American Anti-Imperialist League.…
Another colonial Latin American country that had racial profiles was Cuba. The Cuban Revolution (1953-59,) resulted in the overthrow of the Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista, and created a new communist government under Fidel Castro. The revolution replaced Batista’s regime which favored the capitalist interest, with Castro's revolutionary government that focused on nationalizing industry and developing basic services (education, health). However, after the victory of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro noticed the racism in Cuba, specifically in the job market and this led him to issue anti-discrimination laws. The history of racism in Cuba goes back to when the Spanish settlers arrived with their African slaves. However, the racism that Castro…
Miami Florida has the biggest Latin population than any other city in the United States. The majority of Latin's being of Cuban descent. Since the Cuban revolution there have been constant waves of immigrating Cubans to Miami. The result has been a Cuban American society that has created culture diversity within. In order to understand the Cuban American culture you must understand its ethnic origin, politics, and the varying times of immigration.…