1. In the video (around 5:19), it mentioned how after the arrival of the Spanish, indigenous religious practices adopted some of the rituals of Catholicism. Why would the indigenous cultures want to use aspects of their conqueror's religion? What aspects of Catholicism in particular are compatible with the indigenous religions?
2. What would be the response of Mexican/Chicano culture to tragic deaths? Death is considered to be inevitable for everyone, but is it possible to die too soon? Should these people be mourned more than someone who had the chance of a full life?
3. In Amalia Mesa-Bains' article, she states that "the narrative in Chicana art alters the relationship of women to domination by affirming positive histories so often denied in the larger society and by relocating women in a central, emancipated position" (306). However, since this necessitates the knowledge of past positive histories, what can a subculture do if they don't have recorded or preserved positive histories? Is it possible for a group to be unable to flip their narrative to be a positive one?
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