These are the Dia de Los Muertos alters created by the students in this class and their reflections on them. Please read through the class alter reflections and leave comments.
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Sammuel Valdez
Family: The Most Important Thing in My Life
https://perezsclassroom.slack.com/messages/chicanofamily/team/svaldez31/
For my altar, I decided to honor and commemorate three people who are/ were extremely important to me. The reason why I chose three people, was because they all …
Curiosity
In the film Mosquita and Mari we touch on the topic of queer curiosity. One thing that stands our the most to me, is the fact that both sets of parents, question their daughter’s involvement with boys but never suspect …
Farewell to “So Far From God”
So one thing that is bugging me is how did la Loca get HIV? Was I the only one scratching my head about this. I am not great at understanding literature but is this some kind of illusion of queerness, …
Loved Ones
Loved Ones
There are not enough words to describe the pain you feel when losing people you love. I dedicated this altar to two very special individuals in my life, the first is my grandfather, Alejandro Gonzalez and second is …
Remembering Margarita Valencia
The altar I built with the help of my mother was for Margarita Valencia, her mother and my grandmother. I never had the chance to meet her because she passed away in El Salvador a couple of years after …
I will carry you here in my heart. You’ll remind me that come what may, I know the way
Alter Project: Honoring my Grandfather, Jose
My alter is for my grandfather from my mother’s side, Jose. I decided to do it to honor my grandfather this year because he just recently passed away earlier this year inJanuary. Never had …
Public Display of Dia de los Muertos
Public Display of Dia de los Muertos
https://citedatthecrossroads.net/chs486/2016/10/30/alter-project/
My family and I are dwellers of the in between spaces. We live Southern California which, in a lot of ways, is the space in between Mexico and the United States. …
altar reflection
https://citedatthecrossroads.net/chs486/2016/10/08/the-altar-process/
The altar is for mi familia which includes individuals who are not blood-related. The altar is a reflection of my multigenerational family ranging from my great-great-grandparents in Mexico to my young cousins. The important value that derives from …