My blog posts focused mainly on La llorona, like many others, however, I decided to focus more on modern views of La Llorona in television and film. I chose to focus on La Llorona because growing up I can remember … Continue reading
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Synopsis, Review, and Analysis of “Her Cry: La Llorona Investigation” I selected this film to watch and review because Dr. Perez recommended it as an option for a recent interpretation of la llorona in a film, and also … Continue reading
In this blog post, I’m basically going to discuss how in most of the books that we read in this semester, except for Their Dogs Came With Them and Gods Go Begging (though it can be argued for them), there … Continue reading
For my final project, I chose to write a screenplay on La Llorona. There is a wealth of information following the story; as we have seen from other student’s blog posts, the legend exists in many forms in many cultures. … Continue reading
With my final project I decided to focus my research around La Llorona and its relativity to both the gothic as well as the Chicano/a culture(s). Being that the folktale of La Llorona is widely known and used still to … Continue reading
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
For my final project, I chose to make a Tumblr dedicated to La Llorona. Instead of focusing on a specific aspect of La Llorona, my Tumblr is a mash up of all things related. In the first blog post, I … Continue reading
(Courtesy of deviantart.com) As my previous posts have related La Llorona to Bless Me, Ultima, as well as local relevant findings of La Llorona in the Los Angeles community, this post will focus on a critical analysis of themes and motifs that … Continue reading
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
La llorona is a widely known story across different countries, ethnicities, and has multiple origins, but the basic premise holds similar in most of them: of a woman who kills her children and then commits suicide because her husband … Continue reading