Images courtesy of: truefresco.net, paintermagazine.co.uk Painting by: Diego Rivera In my project, I explored different versions of La Llorona stories across cultures. I wanted to explore why these stories are so pervasive and enduring, what purpose they serve and to … Continue reading
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I Image courtesy of: truefresco.net: fantasma de la llorona I explored different versions of La Llorona stories in my first blog and provided contextual analysis in my second blog, especially as it relates to reinterpreting La Llorona as a feminist figure … Continue reading
Photo courtesy of poetry.arizona.edu I found this link (found below at the end of this post) with an interview of Manuel Munoz. What I found quite interesting was the fact that he discusses Candy and talking about writing in … Continue reading
Several characters construct narratives about other people in this novel. In some way, it echoes the movie making process. When an actor is playing a role, they often construct a narrative to give life to the character: what motivates them, … Continue reading
agcc-cuny.digication.com In my last blog post, I discussed different versions of La Llorona across different cultures, how they act as an agent of discipline, in that they ensure morally prescribed behavior in its actors, especially women, and the way in … Continue reading
I found these images online of abandoned spaces in Vietnam. I found these relics of the war particularly haunting. In the first picture, of the abandoned guard towers, I could easily picture the conversation between Jesse and Hong. The picture … Continue reading
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
Hills in “Gods Go Begging” often are depressing places of despair, horror and desperation. The key scene where Jesse Pasadobles gets caught in a gunfight in Vietnam takes place on a hill and it is on that hill that … Continue reading
Julia Kristeva defines the abject as, “the human reaction (horror, vomit) to a threatened breakdown in meaning caused by the loss of the distinction between subject and object or between self and other. The primary example for what … Continue reading
Painting by Ricardo Ortega Courtesy of aztecreations.net http://www.motherearthliving.com/health-and-wellness/new-mexico-shealing-tradition.aspx?PageId=5#ArticleContent I found the above article about a ninety one year old curandera named Gabrielita. According to this article, there are three main categories of curanderas: yerbera (herbalist) and continuing with the partera(midwife), sobadora (folk chiropractor), and curandera … Continue reading