1. From La Ofrenda: Days of the Dead, the narrator explains that Dia de los Muertos is a day that, "connects us to our cultural past" and "acts as a reinforcer for the cultural elements that people want to keep, and people that are separated from homeland" (32:12). How does this show the way that Chicano people choose their cultural practices when they have ancestors from many places?
2. In El Mundo Femenino, Mesa-Bains describes the artist, Ester Hernandez, who "breaks the traditional role of of the Virgen de Guadalupe as icon and repositions her as a feminist assertion" (Mesa-Bains, 313). How does this activism benefit from changing the female image within the context of traditional Chicano cultural iconography?
3. Mesa-Bains also describes how Chicana feminists have redefined the narrative of the role of women. As women were already placed in a "role center[ed] on relationships" "with teaching values through the oral tradition," Chicana feminists position women in "positions of power and control" as they control the dialogue (Mesa-Bains, 306). How does the integration of existing gender roles into the emancipation dialogue strengthen or weaken the feminist portrayal? How does this differ from Anglo forms of feminism that push the image of women in traditionally "male" roles?
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