April 2012 Women in Unfair Work Conditions: The Fight Over Independence or Family! The play Real Women Have Curves was written by Josefina Lopez‚ it depicted the hard ships of immigrant female workers and the power and strength of women working together as one. About a decade later a movie was made. However the movie Real Women Have Curves still shows the same struggles these women in the play face and also shows how strong women working together
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The play Real Women Have Curves by Josephina Lopez‚ and the film by director Patricia Cardoso‚ portray Mexican culture differently but both manage to perpetuate stereotypes. They do this by showing how Mexicans can be very family oriented‚ are paranoid immigrants‚ and put work before schooling. These factors shown by the play and film are crucial because they help the audience fabricate stereotypes about Mexican culture. The play and film do a great job in distributing the idea that Mexicans are
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Connection To Real Women Have Curves In the movie Real Women Have Curves multiple obstacles that may impact a student’s possibility of continuing with his or her education are clearly pointed out. In the movie Real Women Have Curves there is Ana‚ a character in the movie that has the opportunity to continue her education after high school by attending a university but‚ has to work as a seamstress with her mother and sister. The one issue that I can relate to is that like Ana I have had to go to work
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Veronica Alvarado Alvarado 1 Scot Butwell Period 4 English 12 Mexican-American Women: Bound by Tradition The plot of the 2002 movie Real Women Have Curves revolves around a young Mexican-American woman named Ana‚ who has graduated high school and in hopes of pursuing a college education. Ana is the youngest daughter of her traditional‚ first-generation‚ Mexican-American parents. Although Ana is a bright young female‚ she is enslaved by Mexican tradition; she has the potential to
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The title of the movie Real Women Have Curves has a double meaning. Not only does it refer to body shape‚ but it also refer to the person who has the guts to do something and always is able to reach her goal. The director of this movie is Patricia Cardoso‚ who launched this funny and dramatic film. Basically‚ this movie is about the battle between a woman’s desire to better her life through education and the traditional expectations of her family. Ana is the character throughout the movie‚ who has
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the audience understands both languages‚ it allows them to connect and perceive the intend of the meaning at a deeper level. Such as in Real Women Have Curves‚ by Josefina Lopez‚ the playwright focuses on five characters‚ Ana‚ Estela‚ Carmen‚ Pancha‚ and Rosali‚ who work together in a tiny sewing factory in East Los Angeles. Using Spanish and English‚ the five women not only sow dresses‚ but sow their concepts and perception of cultural expectations‚ feminism‚ social status‚ and self-identity together
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The main character‚ Ana‚ in the movie Real Women Have Curves faces adversity within her family. Her mother and father are immigrants from Mexico and came to America to make a better life for their family. Although they want their family members to succeed and moved to this country for better opportunity‚ Ana’s mother struggles to allow her to leave to go off to college. I believe that their struggle is due to the fact that their Hispanic heritage often obligates the mother to feel responsible for
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Unfortunately‚ we can have obstacles that prevent us from reaching the highest image we have created for ourselves. Fear‚ monetary funds‚ and time act as obstacles to that image. However‚ there is one holds more power than all the aforementioned barriers; our parents. The film‚ Real Women Have Curves‚ focuses primarily on the hardships an under advantaged‚ impoverished‚ and latina teenager encounters. Her
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For a long time women and men have had self image issues due to what society depicts is beautiful. If you don’t look like a certain kind of model or a certain actor/ actress then you are considered ugly. This has been going on for the longest time. Women are judged by the size of their waist‚ butt‚ thighs and how pretty their face looks. Men are judged as well. They are judged on how muscular or tall they are or if they are capable of being a Hollister model. People shouldn’t be judged on how they
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One of the central messages of the movie Real Women Have Curves deals with the insecurities‚ constant struggles and challenges of being overweight. Ana‚ the main protagonist of the movie‚ cannot go a day without her mom addressing her as “fatty.” She constantly struggles with an overbearing mom who just doesn’t understand. Although Ana’s mom means well‚ she doesn’t know the implications of her words. Instead of pushing her daughter to find a suitor‚ she pushes Ana away from her. By doing so‚ she
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