Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza – Gloria E. Anzaldúa In describing a state-of-being in the notorious lands in-between – a space often described as suitable for only the stigmatized (Goffman 1963)‚ the wandering gender-immigrant (Lorber 1994)‚ and the political excommunicated‚ that banished dissident-‚ Gloria Anzaldúa is doing a lot of work. For example‚ by noting that separation from traditional places of origins (whether by choice or by force) does not mean having to detach from that which
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In Gloria Anzaldua’s book Borderlands La Frontera‚ The New Mestiza‚ she shares her experience in a post-colonial world as a Chicana‚ a lesbian and a woman who grew up in a cross-cultured area trying to understand her identity but also to make us rethink about what a border is and what are the consequences which come with it. Anzaldua creates a “mestiza consciousness” as a dynamic capable of breaking down dualistic ascendant archetypes. This concept is related to “hybridity”‚ a mixed race‚ which will
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The Journey of Two American Girls Laura Logan ENG125: Introduction to Literature (AFG1301A) Instructor: Carla McGill February 4‚ 2013 How can an African American and a Hispanic girls be treated different when they are the same type of person? I chose the theme of race and ethnicity when I selected the poems “What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl” by Patricia Smith and “Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levin Morales. I am a Hispanic person
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feels as if she is forced to choose between two cultures but is never quite part of them either‚ as if she were outside both cultures. Ultimately‚ Anzaldua sees that society’s way of thinking is that you are either one side or the other. The new consciousness‚ she describes‚ goes beyond the boundaries of these Western beliefs – being white or colored‚ male or female‚ heterosexual or homosexual. Analdua proposes that we all live in the Borderlands‚ the space between being inside or outside of culture
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There were many misconceptions about the indigenous people of the New World‚ many of which described them as simple and savage‚ a description that couldn’t further from the truth. Going back we find that Native Americans were actually very complex in all aspects of their lives: farming‚ social structure‚ religion‚ architecture‚ and so on. The people of the New World were so advanced that they could achieve the same things their European counterparts were doing with machinery‚ but better.These inventions
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Unity or Diversity Two of the poems which I found myself fascinated with are “Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levins Morales and “To live in the Borderlands means you” by Gloria Anzaldúa. These two poems talk about the pride of each of the author’s cultures and races. The authors do not want to make excuses for being the way they are but want to tell about the pride they feel for being the way they are‚ and they found no way to change themselves but show that history has made them the way they are
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Prompt: What does each author argue‚ and who argues their point more successfully? Why do you think that? After reading selections from Gloria Anzldua’s Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and Richard Rodriguez’s autobiography‚ Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez I believe that Richard Rodriguez was able to more successfully argue his point of view. While writing Rodriguez managed to establish a high level of ethos. The way he went about this was by establishing that he had
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2) The essential attribute of the macho—power—almost always reveals itself as a capacity for wounding‚ humiliating‚ annihilating. Nothing is more natural‚ therefore‚ than his indifference toward the offspring he engenders. He is not the founder of a people; he is not a patriarch who exercises patria potesta; he is not a king or a judge or the chieftain of a clan. He is power isolated in its own potency‚ without relationship or compromise with the outside world. He is pure in communication‚ a solitude
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GAD 301 GENDER ANALYSIS – CRITICAL CROSS- CULTURAL APPROACHES Course leader: Haldis Haukanes Literature: Books: Connell‚ R.‚ 2009. Gender. Cambridge‚ Polity Press. Chapters 1‚3‚4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7 Articles and Book Chapters: Annfelt‚ Trine. 2008. The ‘new’ father: gender equality as discursive resource for family policies. In: Melby‚ Ravn and Wetterberg‚ Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition? Bristol: The policy Press‚ pp 119-134 (15 pages) Arnfred
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describes it in The Bronze Screen. In that space‚ actions define who you are‚ regardless of race‚ color‚ or gender. It is not a category; rather‚ it is an intangible phenomenon that you aspire to be and continuously work towards. In this‚ Chicana/o consciousness one is actively involved in a praxis. Praxis‚ as defined by Paulo Freire in the
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