“Perhaps the greatest thing I learned from this is that woman are powerful‚ especially when working together” (pg.69) Ana had the opportunity to further her education and attend New York University she has become an admirable woman‚ and a remodel for Chicana females who
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Sandra Cisneros Which writer is Cuban-American? Cristina García Which writer served in Vietnam? Tim O’Brien Which writers were not born in the U.S.? Denis Hale Johnson‚ Cristina Garcia Which writer identifies as Chicana? Sandra Cisneros • Be able to identify characters‚ including the following: David Todd and Johnny Ever; announcer that ’talks’ to David in the radio Leroy; narrator and anti-hero of "From the Lowlands"‚ created electronics in the 1960’s which
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race‚ gender and class tied into this as well as many other themes. It is a vicious cycle that these women cannot escape and are risking their lives by putting themselves in harm’s way but it is all that they can do to make ends meet. Next‚ in La Chicana the author brings up similar ideas. The idea that the women and land have been raped again are similar to Maquilapolis. The land is being destroyed because of capitalism and the women are seen as less. Still working to make things that we use every
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Anzaldua states‚ “She is the symbol of the mestizo true to his or her Indian values. La cultura Chicana identifies with the mother (Indian) rather than with the father (Spanish)” (Anzaldua‚ 52). Mestizo is Latin for mixed. It can be described as a mixture of culture or races. Presumably‚ one’s race or ethnicity determines one’s religion. La Virgen de
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America” by Langston Hughes. Walt Whitman was an American poet born on May 31st‚ 1819. Whitman is mostly known for using free verse during the Transcendentalism era. Angela De Hoyos is a Mexican poet born in January 23‚ 1940. She is mostly known as a chicana poet. Langston Hughes was an African American poet who was born in February 1st‚ 1902 and is known for talking about black culture‚ literature‚ and emotions in his poems. Whitman‚ De Hoyos‚ and Hughes all share similarities and difference in how
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stanzas to connect his ideas from the smallest impact to the largest punch regarding them. "Not only is Alarcon prolific‚ he is also eclectic‚ writing in both traditional and experimental forms and about a wide range of social issues relevant to Chicanas and Chicanos. Alarcon’s poems‚ written with both economy and complexity‚ are open to multiple
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they feared their tubes had been tied by the doctors in the process of giving birth. The process had to be performed if the mother accepted‚ contrary to what happened to these women of color. Hospital records gathered by a concerned doctor to a Chicana lawyer who was representing other women of color who got medical service from the public hospitals who took up the cause of the mothers. It was argued that the right of a
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The rest of the selection describes different views of “La Virgen de Guadalupe’s”. The selection that we read was greatly influenced by the culture of the region that Gloria Anzaldua grew up in. Anzaldua defines herself as a lesbian‚ feminist‚ Chicana (a representative of the new mesitza). I feel that Anzaldua’s background makes the story more believable. The way that Anzaldua starts the selection provides the reader with some background of the lifestyles people from the southwest United States
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1. Selena ’s father says it is difficult to be a Mexican-American. Why does he say that? He says this because he feels the Mexicans want you to be more Mexican and the Americans want you to be more American. 2. Selena and her brother don ’t seem to be as bothered by the difficulties the father describes. Why do they not share his feelings? Things had changed since the time their father grew up and both the Americans and the Mexicans had become more accepting of cultural differences. 3. Selena
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Anzaldua Essay August 28‚ 2013 In Anzaldua’s"how to tame a wild tongue"‚her target audience are: chicanos‚chicanas and others who have had their language burdened by a dominant language. In her writing she uses ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. Anzaldua tells us about her bringing up in an American school system. Her Ethos increases as she describes us what she’s been through and experiences. She tells us about her different struggles she’s put up with as her teachers deeply enforced her to forget her
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