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Through Chican@ experiences one can visisibly see the language barrier one faces through out the day. One does not feel at "home" within their language because what is acceptable to them may not be acceptable by the public. Most people when faced with such difficulties will ultimately erase their native tongue by just speaking the dominant language. However Taming the Wild Tongue goes against this. To tame a wild tongue is to resist to such pressures. The more languages one knows the better, for that can create change in our future. We must resist and keep our native tongue for that is our identity.Through Chican@ experiences one can visisibly see the language barrier one faces... more
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In Gloria Anzaldua's "borderlands" she speaks of a formation of a new identity known as Mestiza Consciousness. She speaks of this new third identity as a crossing over or mixture between two different groups in order to form a new creation out of Nepantla. From this racial, ideological, cultural and biological mix, an alien concious is made; a new mestiza consciousness, the consciousness of the borderlands.
This video highlights the internal struggle a mestiza faces. We tell the story of a mestiza and her journey to try and find her cultural identity. She is torn in different ways and is confused about what to take from each culture. Eventually the girl realizes that it is up to her to find and define her own identity. She takes aspects from the different cultures to create her identity and her mestiza consciousness.
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This video is our Section's interpretation of the Chicana/o consciousness: Rebellion and the Cultures of Betrayal. This video reflects on the history of Rebellion and focuses on why there always seems to be Rebellion in the world. We realized that a Rebellion is caused by a group of people who feel that they have been betrayed by the people they interact with. The examples in the video demonstrate how throughout history rebellion has been a constant because betrayal is a constant. This video also conveys that rebellion and cultures of betrayal are mainly due to power and assignment of race. This consciousness is significant because it has been repeated time and time again as we see in this video. This video is our Section's interpretation of the Chicana/o consciousness:... more
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The theme “Entering into the Serpent” conveys a search for a deeper meaning; the creation of a meaning toward emancipation out of oppression. Anzaldua introduces the idea of a sixth sense, referred to as La Facultad, which is the ability to identify oppression and seek a way to protect oneself from its negative effects. Due to consumerism the following scenario occurred.
Maria’s parents lost their jobs; they know monetary hardships are soon to follow. However, their sixth sense, La Facultad, pushes them to leave Mexico in order to provide their daughter with a better future. Following the family’s immigration to the United States, a twist of fate brings Maria and Britney together as college roommates. Although they know nothing of each other’s family history, irony takes place as Britney’s father played a major role in Maria’s parents’ immigration to the United States. The theme “Entering into the Serpent” conveys a search for a deeper... more
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Our group concentrated on the Tlilli Tlapalli Consciousness as explained by Gloria Anzaldua’s Boderlands/La Frontera book. She portrays art as a communal activity that educates and inspires people. She criticizes the Western art tradition by stating: “Western art is always whole and always ‘in power.’ It is individual (not communal). It is ‘psychological’ in that it spins its energies between it self and its witness” (Anzaldua 90). Tlilli Tlapalli is a Nahuatl word for black and red ink, which represent writing and wisdom. This video was made by Chican@ Studies students at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB). In our video, we portray different ways art is perceived in Western culture versus non-Western cultures. In the movie, the actress (Melissa) who plays Anzaldua falls asleep and has a dream about how her ancestors perceived art. They believe that art is meant to be alive, meaningful, and not enclosed in a museum. This dream frightens her at first, but then inspires her to continue her artistic work.
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