Alice Bag, Violence Girl Reading assignment for Monday, October 22. Your reply (under Comments) is due before class. Be sure to check and make sure your response posts. Discuss the uses of violence in Alice Bag’s text — how does it … Continue reading
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Josie Mendez-Negrete, Hijas de Juan Reading assignment for Monday, October 15. Your reply (under Comments) is due before class. Be sure to check and make sure your response posts. Look up the definition of testimony and discuss how Las Hijas … Continue reading
“…the moths that lay within the soul and slowly eat the spirit away (Viramontes 32).” #CHST302 — Alejandra Alarcon (@alealarconxx) October 8, 2012 “Before rain I notice seagulls” a woman’s premonition? Did grandma know that “he” was the storm? -Cervantes … Continue reading
Readings are available on the Readings page. Lorna Dee Cervantes’s “Beneath the Shadow of the Freeway” Helena Maria Viramontes “The Moths” Marta E. Sanchez “The Chicana as Scribe: Harmonizing Gender and Culture in Lorna Dee Cervantes’ “Beneath the Shadow of … Continue reading
“Now it’s her turn.She has to work.” #CHST302 — Joseph Canchola (@CancholaJoseph) September 30, 2012 She does have many coming of age choices in this film. Choosing to apply to as well as go to college against her parents’ will. … Continue reading
Real Women Have Curves (Las mujeres de verdad tienen curvas), Patricia Cardoso (2002). It’s on reserve at the library. Reading assignment for Monday, October 1. Your reply (under Comments) is due before class. You do not need to answer these … Continue reading
Davalos argues that quinceañeras are coming of age events that help define cultural and sexual identities, sort of like Moraga. #chst302 — Jessica(@jessica_baden) September 23, 2012 I like that, in her article about #Quinceaneras, Davalos acknowledges that there isn’t ONE … Continue reading
Reading assignment for Monday, September 24, when we will have a guest presentation by Lisette Ordorica Lasater, a Ph.D. student at UC Riverside. Your reply (under Comments) is due before class. You do not need to answer these specific questions, … Continue reading
“My lesbianism is the Avenue through which I have learned the most about silence and oppression…” (Moraga 44) #CHST302 — Joseph Canchola (@CancholaJoseph) September 17, 2012 Joseph: “A moment where this is a coming of age novel is when she … Continue reading
Reading assignment for Monday, September 17. Your reply (under Comments) is due before class. You do not need to answer these specific questions, but response should demonstrate you’ve done the reading and thought about the text. Be sure to check … Continue reading