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Monday, April 13, 2020

4/13 Monday Draft Questions


1.   The celebrations of Dia de los Muertos connect people to their cultural pasts and bring people together that may not ordinarily be united in everyday life. This practice seems to parallel Chicana feminism movements as art forms and protest unite women and people that come from a common culture or heritage. How are art and culture so deeply intertwined and what is the greater significance of using visual representation of culture compared to literature or a written history?
2.       Dia de los Muertos is regarded as a group celebration that “makes people stronger” according to Concha Saucedo in the movie La Ofrenda. How does this cultural celebration make people stronger?
3.       Perez notes that Chicana women come from a long history of cultural and religious mixing and that the sum of all these lived experiences and cultures are what form tradition (9). How do we see this hybridization in Chicana feminist works/art?

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