Hispanic American

Question 1

Chicano/chicana

Answer 1

Originally a racial slur towards mexicans, reclaimed as ethnic identity for mexican americans

Question 2

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Answer 2

Puerto Rican, b 1952
Poem Latin Women Pray
Spent childhood between PR and US mainland
Primarily determined by english language but writing reflects an intercultural background
Texts are not monolingual - meaning is conveyed across linguistic borders

Question 3

Mexican American History

Answer 3

Mexico included state of Texas, and parts of Midwest. Mexican war was ended in 1848 by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which made hispanic ppl from California to New Mexico Americans - but in strictly political sense.
They were not immigrants, nor minority groups and had unique proximity to their homeland. Primarily catholic religion rather than anglo saxon christianity.

Question 4

Literary contexts

Answer 4

Genres : historical/personal narratives, stories, poems & folklore
Corrido - mexican ballad.
Coming of age stories often used by ethnic authors as they show marginalisation/struggle of double consciousness/assimilation

Question 5

Sandra Cisneros - Eleven (1991) Short story

Answer 5

Intersectional feminism, very innovative
Themes:
Aging, memory, corruption, responsibility

Question 6

Cherrie Moraga
Shadow of a man

Answer 6

B 1952
Anglosaxon father & white mother
Intersectionality - lesbian
Poet, playwright, essayist,editor, teacher, activist

Question 7

Shadow of A man

Answer 7

Set in 1969
Genre : Symbolic not realistic or naturalistic , melodrama, doesn’t follow tropes
Techniques:
- breaks 4th wall
- Monologues
- Bare stage, open plan
- Music (significance)
- Use of immigrant vernacular (almost political act, expression of biculturality)

Themes:
-Sexuality
- Religion
-Assimilation and intermarriage
-Tradition and gender roles
- Biculturality