gender variation with a focus on gay and lesbians. It is a part of the post-structuralist critical theory established in the early 1990s from the fields of women studies and queer studies. The theory was greatly influenced by authors such as Gloria Anzaldua‚ Jose Estaben‚ Kosofski Sedgwick‚ Judith Butler‚ Munoz and Lauren Berlant. It build upon the challenges of feminism to the idea that gender is a component of essential self depending on gay/lesbian studies. Moreover‚ it analyzes the socially onstructed
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If I could turn back time‚ I would go during the time of the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs first started out in the year 1100‚ and left their homeland of Aztlan in Northern Mexico and begin their journey south. Over the next 225 years‚ the Aztecs moved many times‚ until they settled down at the city of Tenochtitlan.The empire might have continued to grow‚ if the Europeans did not arrive in 1519. At that time‚ the Aztec empire were at their height‚ reaching from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico‚ from
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References: Anzaldua‚ Gloria. "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." Problem Posing. N.p.: Aunt Lute‚ 1987. 44-54. Print. Alexie‚ Sherman. The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me. N.p.: Milkweed Editions‚ 1997. Print.
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and against racism some of them were Angela Davis and Audre Lorde. Lastly the third wave of feminism payed more attention to immigrant women‚ sexuality and the concept of intersectionality. In this section I will focus on viewing the works of Gloria Anzaldua‚ Judith Butler and Patricia Hill
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It’s important to recognize yourself as a writer before beginning to project yourself to an audience. As evident by the papers read recently in class and every English 101 course you hear about‚ the literacy narrative serves as any writer’s introductory assignment‚ and it is rightfully so. The project is to analyze how literacy has been shaped by exploring reading‚ writing‚ and spelling struggles or triumphs from your past. Famous authors may use this to help their audience get to know them‚ but
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Critical Theory Cheat Sheet Donald E. Hall. Literary and Cultural Theory: From Basic Principles to Advanced Applications. Houghton Mifflin‚ 2001. Theory Formalism /New Criticism 1920’s forward Reader Response Rhetorical Analysis Marxist/Materialist Analysis Psychoanalytic Analysis Key Ideas -analysis of literary structures (genre; character‚ plot‚ setting‚ etc.) -rejected literature’s historical and biographical contexts -intrinsic meaning of texts; literature expresses
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United States and/or the border‚ and honestly‚ it’s not really fair to talk about the United States without talking about Mexico. A whole lot of us (me included) live in what used to be Mexico (now referred to by people in the Chicano Movement as "Aztlan")‚ which was surrendered/taken/stolen by the US after the Spanish/American war in 1848. (See this dramatic map). It’s a whole lot of white/colonial/American privilege that most people in el norte don’t even know about this. And much more recently
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Feminism has undergone three waves of activity. First-wave feminism alludes to a developed time of women’s activist movement amid the nineteenth century and mid twentieth century in the United Kingdom and the United States. Initially it concentrated on the promotion of equal contract and property rights for women and the opposition to chattel marriage and ownership of married women (and their children) by their husbands. However‚ by the end of the nineteenth century‚ activism focused primarily on
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far too many years. The objective of many of these organizations was "to be a group of active crusaders for social justice-Chicano style ." The 1960’s saw the creation of Aztlan‚ or the creation of a new homeland where the Aztecs originated from somewhere in the southwest. The creation of Aztlan gave Chicano’s a long awaited homeland and put a positive spin on Chicano identity and nationalism. To outsiders‚ otherwise known as Anglo’s‚ it looked as though Chicano’s were turning their back on America
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national prominence‚ but it was not enough to get rid of segregation throughout the country. Although it is more subtle‚ segregation based on ethnicity still survives‚ proof that the Lemon Grove Incident was only momentarily successful. El Plan de Aztlan served to create unity among Mexicans. It encouraged Mexicans to organize themselves so that they could get better results for themselves. The main ideas of the plan were good; they encouraged passive fighting for the rights of Mexicans. Although
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