How does some of the art and music we've seen so far relate to the ideas of rasquachismo and domesticana (Gonzalez 86). The text uses Mesa-Bains's piece An Ofrenda For Dolores Del Rio, but I've definitely seen the former, at least, present in others.
Pretty early in the Smithsonian video (starting about 7:15) Ofelia Esparza begins talking about how the practice of making altars has changed throughout her life, about how it's gone from something private and familial to something that can be public or shared more widely. What do you think has contributed to that change?
We've read mostly about altars as expressions of Chicano/a culture, but Perez goes into detail on other mediums that embody the same spirit in a different form. I was particularly struck by her description of Rodriguez's cajas on page 22. Unlike altars, reliquaries and boxes by their nature contain that which is not immediately visible. All of the pieces contain the same theme of resilience and history, but how do the different mediums affect the message?
- Haleh Mawson
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