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    The Tortilla Curtain

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    Tortilla Curtain by T.C Boyle‚ the author clearly illustrates the borders in the lives of the Mossbachers and the Rincons: as not only physical borders but mental. These borders separate each couple into their own worlds and show the idea of the American Dream can never truly be achieved. The Mossbachers are a middle-class‚ white family that lives in the Arroyo Blanco Estates. They have a nice house‚ two expensive cars‚ and can buy about whatever they please but they unsatisfied‚ still wanting more

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    Reading Response 4 – Manuel Munoz‚ “Leave Your Name at the Border” (71-75). In “Leave Your Name at the Border” Manuel Munoz states that he is a Mexican American living in a small California town. Growing up‚ he and his peers spoke English at school and Spanish at home. Munoz writes about how American names are becoming more popular among immigrant Mexicans. RR4 Munoz Page 2 Response In “Leave Your Name at the Border‚” Manuel Munoz describes how people today "leave their name at the border" which

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    Mexican American Cultural Approaches to Health Mexican American‚ or Latino‚ traditional views on health and healing practices are influenced by several other cultures that they have historically had some kind of contact with‚ such as the Spanish colonizers‚ indigenous Indian populations‚ and Western medical practitioners. This varied background accounts for their holistic healing methods and their belief that good health stems from internal balance‚ a clear conscience‚ and a strong spiritual relationship

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    Latinos are currently the largest minority group in the United States‚ and Mexican-Americans are the largest group within the Latino population. It may be unfathomable for the younger generations to think of the Mexican population in the United States as a silent minority group; however‚ it was not until after World War II that we see a rise in Chicano nationality and identity movements. What was the role of the theatre in this discovery of identity‚ and how did the theatre give social voice to this

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    Chicanoism Today

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    Chicanoism Today For a more symbolic meaning of the word Chicano/a‚ to many of us it is the mixture of both American and Mexican culture. It had become a political term for those who wanted to find a more specific word to identify themselves with than Hispanic‚ a word to classify all who spoke Spanish in America from Latin America. In the 60s the word Chicano/a grew strong with many political Mexican-American’s and used it as a source of pride. Today‚ the older generation of Chicano/as’‚ some but many

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    Rodriguez and Mexico

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    are of Mexican descent are often very traditional in thought. Rodriguez’s father held the traditional beliefs that old men are wise‚ that life is disheartening‚ and near one’s death is the point where one must look back on their life. However‚ he also feels that Mexico is a happier place‚ with sweeter children and more lavish funerals. Perhaps he views Mexico as the tragic place because it represents a lost heritage to him. He‚ who in his middle age‚ finds himself agreeing with the Mexican ideals

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    Essay On Chicano Movement

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    Chicano Movement was started from 1960 to 1970 during era of civil justice in America. The purpose of this movement was threefold includes Land restoral‚ rights of farm workers and improvement in educational reforms. Students from united Mexican America and Mexican American Youth federation‚ were very significant part of this movement. For many years‚ the Chicano people were considered as a minority and they remain deprived from their rights. This situation need to be changed in start of 1960‚ felt by

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    conflict and broken promises between the Anglos and Mexicans. This idea significantly deals with conflicts between the borders. The phrase is meant to say that they should forget the border war and racial conflict. We even see the border issue between Mercedes Cruz who is a Mexican restaurant owner and a Mexican immigrant herself. She will make rude remarks to the Mexican “illegal aliens” as she presumes them to be. And to other fellow Mexican Americans‚ if they speak their language she will stop them

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    it gives another view on white American culture. As a real estate agent‚ physical appearance means everything. She constantly judges those she works with based on their appearances. The ability to look good and to keep up personal appearances becomes a sign of success and wealth‚ for people like Candido and America do not have the money to get such looks. Kyra’s nose is proof of her obsession with appearance. She is also used as describing the stereotypical American workaholic attitude‚ ignoring her

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    Analysis of Barefoot Heart

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    the Mexican-American writer she is today. She speaks about the working of land‚ the migrant camps‚ plus the existence she had to deal with in both the Mexican and American worlds. Hart tells the story of her family and the trials they went through along with her physical detachment and sense of alienation at home and in the American (Anglo) society. The loneliness and deprivation was the desire that drove Hart to defy the odds and acquire the unattainable sense of belonging into American society

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