1. Amalia Mesa-Bains wrote about four different types of lenses that Chicana women use/used in their artwork to express their cultural identity (pgs. 306-308). Are these women aware that they are using these lenses or are they simply creating art that fits into these categories? Are these lenses best used in collaboration with each other or best used separate?
2. With the combining of Anglo-Catholicism and indian culture in the Days of the Dead celebration, would it not just cause more identity crisis in the people because of the mixing of religions and cultures, yet not knowing which practice came from which culture?
3. On page 3 of "Introduction: Invocation, Ofrenda," Laura E. Pérez states "...what get to count as "real" or useful knowledge were strikingly well illuminated through reference to spirituality." Just before this She was speaking about the views of "gender, sexuality, class and cultural difference" and how they are represented in Chicana art. but with a basis of spirituality. Does spirituality tie into one's cultural identity? If spirituality was not present in Chicana art, would it still spread the same message?
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