Essay #2 Arts of the Contact Zone During a recent English Literature class we were asked to read and learn about the Arts of the Contact Zone by Mary Louise Pratt. This essay opened up a whole new concept for me. The new term “Contact Zone” appeared and Pratt defined it as “social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or the aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the
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As the questions states‚ yes Gloria Anzaldua’s work has created a new area of Border Writing. Throughout her writes‚ Anzaldua speaks about the rights of all Spanish speakers‚ including herself. The author displays the types of Spanish spoken which are Standard English‚ Working class and slang English‚ Standard Mexican Spanish‚ North Mexican Spanish dialect‚ Chicano Spanish‚ Tex-Mex‚ and Pachuco. They all contain the same base of Spanish but spoken differently depending on who you are talking to.
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fall semester and throughout these months I have encountered many new philosophies. Many of my ideals have been challenged and I have had to myself‚ confront my beliefs. Most recently‚ I’ve discovered the philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche and Gloria Anzaldúa. Compared with the other philosophies‚ these two seem to be the most similar in at least their belief that there is no one right way to the good life‚ but rather there are many and are suited to each individual. I will begin with the philosophy
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instance‚ in Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa‚ snakes are once more equated with sacredness in defiance of Christian interpretations of snakes as being evil. Anzaldúa‚ a Chicana‚ says in her book that she “know[s] Earth is a coiled serpent. Forty years it’s taken [her] to enter into the Serpent‚ to acknowledge that [she has] a body‚ that [she is] a body and to assimilate the animal body‚ the animal soul” (Anzaldúa 26). Unlike the European thought
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in life‚ there is always a cause to something and with a cause come’s its effects. In the case of Gloria Anzaldua and Eric Liu we see that the cause of them having to assimilate is because they live in a dominant society to which their culture and identity do not meet the standards of the currents society. This causes them to have to assimilate so that they are able to fit in. In the case of Anzaldua we see that she has to change the way that she speaks because she has been brought up to think that
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The Mission of an Autoethnography In Mary Louise Pratt’s essay‚ “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” we are introduced to the idea of contact zones‚ autoethnography‚ and new ways of looking at common ideas. I wanted to see some examples of what she was really talking about. After reading John Edgar Wideman’s “Our Time” we can see that Pratt’s ideas and terms are accurate because they can be applied to this reading as well as others. "Our Time" is an autoethnography because it uses diffeerent points of
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Contact Zones Within Collegiate Sports The definition of sports is physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. However to fully understand sports‚ especially collegiate sports‚ you must acknowledge the existence of contact zones. Contact zone is a term used to "refer to social spaces (teams) where cultures (players and coaches) meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in the contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power (coaches
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the cultures combining and changes? Cultures are the roots that allow a person to remain grounded and stable‚ providing a group identity while allowing them to flower into an individual. Anzaldua calls attention to the effects of language and language assimilation on a person’s identity and sense of self. Anzaldua argues in “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” that assimilation creates prejudice and goes on to suggest that prejudice has an effect on Chicano/a identities. She writes‚ “Chicanos and other people
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TAMING A WILD TONGUE Gloria Anzaldua’s title "How to Tame a Wild Tongue"‚ depending on which angle it is looked at‚ could be seen as a rhetoric question in the sense that the "tongue" and or whatever it stands to signify cannot be tamed. In this case it metaphorically represents her native language-Spanish or Chicano Spanish-to be precise. On the other hand‚ the title could be taken as a statement of ridicule to show the futility or near futility of trying to force a change of language or pattern
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ordinary thing. Therefore‚ writing a response to Pratt’s essay in a language that is comprehendible by regular people can be very helpful to those struggling students. In "Arts of the Contact Zone" Pratt discusses the mix of two different cultures in one area. Where one person is born and lives in a "contact zone" he/she is surrounded by two different conflicting cultures‚ and there are two different languages. She also introduces us with a new word "autoethnography"‚ which means the way in which
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