identity seen through language‚ is what we saw in the book Homegirls by Norma Mendoza-Denton. Through this book she was able to show us the linguistic ethnography of the Sor Juana High School Latina girls in a neighborhood in Northern California. Many of the girls she documents in the book are part of the gangs Norte or Sur. Sor Juana High School is located in Santa Clara California and has a Hispanic population of 403‚000 which is 24% of the population in the county. With the Homegirls book Mendoza-Denton
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I. Race and Gender A. Ibn Battuta’s Mali (1352) B. Michel Montaigne’s Of Cannibals (1575) C. Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz’s The Poet’s Answer to the Most Illustrious Sor Filotea De La Cruz (1691) D. Lady Mary Montague’s The Turkish Embassy Letters E. Mary Wollstonecraft’s Chapter 13 from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman II. Explanation A. The readings listed above are all pertinent to either race or gender. What sets these apart‚ though‚ is the overall tone of the authors. All of these
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DBQ Essay As the period of European exploration and colonization began in 1450‚ the social and economic positions of women in the Americas were greatly altered. Spanish society held women in a higher respect than that of indigenous women in the Americas. These contrasting views meshed to form the novel status of women both socially and economically between 1450 and 1750 as European influence became more prominent in the New World. The status of women can be discerned by analyzing the various
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and published as a preceding of Alonso Rodriguez Gamarra’s translation of Ovid’s Heroic Letters‚ is discussed by many scholars in both Spanish and English‚ yet this poem has not been completely translated into the English language like the work of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz‚ whom Clarinda is often compared to. Because of this‚ I will be translating Discurso en loor de la Poesía as well as exploring why this work has never been translated‚ the implications of translating this poem‚ and the references
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Juana Ines de la Cruz born in 1651‚ November 12‚ in San Miguel Neplantla‚ Mexico illegitimate daughter of a Spanish father and Creole mother(French settler) that’s is why she has this point of view about “marriage”. early years living with mother on her grandfathers property always hiding in grandfathers library to read books considered to be a child genius learned reading and writing at age of 3 wrote first poem at age 8 at age 8 when grandpa dies‚ she goes to Mexico city to stay with
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Much attention has been paid to the mystery of what the title of the novel refers to. In fact‚ Eco has stated that his intention was to find a "totally neutral title".[3] In one version of the story‚ when he had finished writing the novel‚ Eco hurriedly suggested some ten names for it and asked a few of his friends to choose one. They chose The Name of the Rose.[4] In another version of the story‚ Eco had wanted the neutral title Adso of Melk‚ but that was vetoed by his publisher‚ and then the title
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Reading Journal The Virgin of Guadalupe: Symbol of Conquest or Liberation? By Jeanette Farrot Peterson When reading “The Virgin of Guadalupe: Symbol of Conquest or Liberation?“ It was clear to me that the Virgin of Guadalupe is a powerful cultural symbol of Mexican identity and nationhood. In colonial times the Virgin of Guadalupe was interpreted as a native‚ loving and forgiving mother‚ the intercessor to God the Father and his son‚ Jesus Christ. Today Guadalupe has been reinterpreted as an
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Women in Spanish America during the colonization: The perception of inequality was evident in the colonial Spanish America‚ man belief that women were lacked in capacity to reason as soundly as men. A normal day for European women in the new world was generally characterized by male domination‚ for example marriage was arranged by the fathers‚ women never go out except to go church‚ women didn’t have the right to express their opinions about politic or society issues. Subsequent to all these bad
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Revillagigedo…Los tres fueron un modelo de probidad‚ capadida y celo. (Of 4 of 170 virreyos before 1813 were born in the Americas) Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera (1695–1768) • Zapotec‚ born Antequera (=Oaxaca City) • Casta paintings • Portrait of the Sor Juana • One of the first portraits of St. Juan Diego • 3 copies of Our Lady of Guadalupe (1752) 1 for Archbishop José Manuel Rubio y Salinas‚ 1 for Pope 1 as model for further copies. • Maravilla americana (“American Marvel”) early study of the
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(Youth for Environmental School Organization) of School Year 2012-2013. __________________________ _________________________ Veronica Sta. Juana Esperanza
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