Photo Courtesy of deviantart.com Drawing by: Psychodelicategirl In the next three blogs, I will explore different versions of La Llorona stories throughout other cultures and explore why mothers killing children or endlessly mourning their children is such an enduring theme … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Whereas many perceive La Llorona, the story of the Weeping Woman, as an old and somewhat outdated short, mythical story, scholar Bess Hawes illuminates newfound evidence that suggests the contrary. Examining Hawes’ La Llorona in Juvenile Hall, we are able to … Continue reading
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Potrero-Hill-Echoes-Vietnam-in-Murder-Mystery-3240048.php The importance of hills is quite apparent in Gods Go Begging. One of the hills with great recognition is the Potrero Hill in San Francisco. Known for its poor neighborhoods contributing to large gang activity and overall violence, Potrero … Continue reading
It is very interesting to analyze the visuals of Vietnam within “Gods Go Begging” because every stereotypical image of the Vietnam War can be found in this book. We see that the images of death with very visual scenes of … Continue reading
While considering how ‘Gods Go Begging’ gives us an insight into the geography of the Vietnam war and the psychology of the soldiers participating in it, I thought it would be interesting to look at art to supplement this. … Continue reading
One particular subject that struck me about Gods Go Begging is the power of women. Women serve as a catalyst of sorts—it is because of their deaths that the trial occurs and the reason it continues. Nevertheless, despite the fact … Continue reading
Everyone learns, at some point in their life, about the Vietnam War and how it effected not only the soldiers fighting in Vietnam, but the people home in the U.S. Many of us learned how these soldiers were young men, … Continue reading
I found this short film by LMU film student, Thomas Myrdahl very informative. It shows point of views that Chicanos had during the time of the Vietnam War. More specifically, it talks about an event in East Los Angeles, the … Continue reading
http://www.c-span.org/video/?156770-1/vietnam-war-cultural-fallout I found a great C-Span video that has a panel of authors responding to a Q & A regarding their respective books for the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Each author presented the Vietnam War in different ways. Around … Continue reading
When reading Vea’s “God’s Go Begging” I could not help but be reminded of my favorite novel, “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien. O’Brien’s novel is strikingly similar, not only due to the fact that both works revolve around … Continue reading