Selena and Marisa Navarro are prime examples of two women who experienced significant patriarchical constraints to their agency. This‚ however‚ did not stop them from negotiating and resisting these constraints in their own way and in their own life. Their stories are told through various mediums‚ including the movie Selena and the article "Becoming La Mujer" by Marisa Navarro. Selena’s strongest patriarchical influence came from her father‚ who attempted to control various aspects of her life for
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of People of Color as a way to understand racism in the US (Yosso‚ 2005). LatCrit helps me analyze sexism‚ racism‚ and classism from a historical and interdisciplinary perspective (Yosso‚ 2005). The other theory I will use for this project is Chicana feminism. Which Espinoza (2010) explained stems from the necessity of Mexican origin women to develop survival skills in order to navigate two cultures at the same time. These women are forced to learn
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BookRags Literature Criticism Critical Essay by Jean Wyatt For the online version of BookRags’ Critical Essay by Jean Wyatt Literature Criticism‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/criticism/cisneros-sandra-1954_4/ Copyright Information ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale‚ a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved. ©2000-2012 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Critical Essay by Jean Wyatt SOURCE: "On Not Being La Malinche: Border Negotiations
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Reading this passage‚ I could feel the frustration and the longing for people to understand the La Chicanas behind Martinez’s writing. How throughout history‚ the Chicanas have been forced to endure so many different types of oppressions by many different types of people. What Martinez calls triple oppression‚ oppression by “the forces of racism‚ imperialism‚ and sexism‚” and that every woman who is not white‚ is able to feel this type of oppression. And she’s right- as a white woman I will never
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During the 1980s we witness a powerful manifestation of courage hailing from the Chicana women. In class we discussed forms of oppression that were displayed such as: nonconsensual sterilizations‚ employment discrimination‚ underemployment‚ etc. In a world dominated by men‚ the Chicana women mobilized and took a stand against such forms of injustice. Though reactions towards this caused them to be labeled as “malinches”‚ they fought to “create a space of their own”‚ abolish the patriarchy completely
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that the role of la Chicana in the movement was to “stand behind her man (Riddell).” The Conference expose the sexism and Chicana women were not having it‚ so they left the Conference and created the Chicana Caucus. Another example‚ that Chicana women weren’t well represent is the documentation of el Plan Espiritual de Aztlán. Where the cause of the Chicana/o movement was documented where women were not mention nor their contribution and benefit of the movement. The Chicana/o movement had many
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learning. Tara J. Yoso and Daniel G. Solorzano‚ The students at the University of California‚ Mentioned in their article “Leaks in the Chicana and Chicano Pipeline”(2006) that schools are systems which promote white supremacy. They argue‚ “Most graduate programs tend to be racially exclusive featuring predominately white students‚ faculty and curricula that omit Chicana/o histories and perspectives”. As it is specifically mentioned in the article‚ the education system tends to be structured in a way
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The meaning of Chicana/o social character has advanced since its start in the Spanish Conquest‚ and will keep on evolving to fit the personality of the Chicana/o populace today. The cause of the term Chicano came amid the Spanish Conquest; the Spaniards vanquished indigenous land‚ and made it conceivable to blend societies. Not exclusively did they make a mestizaje populace‚ as imagined in "I Am Joaquin"— "I am both dictator and slave ‚" alluding to his blend of indigenous and Spanish blood—yet they
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Carla Trujillo’s article on chicana lesbians: Fear and Loathing in the Chicano community. Carla Trujillo hit it right on the head when according to Trujillo chicana lesbians are perceived as a threat because it disrupts the order of male dominance and raises the awareness for chicana women about their own independence and control (Trujillo281) This is true because of the machismo way that males have dominated families that have shaped their children to think that chicana women are inferior to men.
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Growing up Chicana/o‚ written by various authors‚ the characters from each story experience many situations where stereotypes that discriminate their race make their lives much more problematic. Even though these children are knocked down‚ all of them seem to get back up and become stronger‚ more mature people. Maturity was one of the most important themes of this book. Racial stereotypes create obstacles for Chicana/o children in school or in extra curricular activities. The Chicana/o children in
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