Hi my name is Cristina Torres. I'm a third year transfer from SMC. This is my first official quarter at UCLA (apart from participating in TSP over the summer). My major is Gender Studies with a minor in Chicana/o Studies and Latin America Studies.
Alicia Gaspar de Alba's essay "Out of the House, the Halo, and the Whore's Mask: The Mirror of Malinchismo" was very interesting to read because I was unaware of the CARA exhibition and especially of the gender inequalities within the exhibition.I really liked the piece featured by Judy Baca titled "Las Tres Marias." The way it engages with the audiences and emerges us into the art. I don't know much about Chicana art so one of the main questions I kept thinking about is what changes have there been in regards to the inclusion of women's voices within the Chicana/o Art Movement. Are there more spaces that include Chicana art to explicitly challenge patriarchy and sexism and where are these spaces?
The essay "There's no Place like Aztlan: Embodied Aesthetics in Chicana Art" was really engaging with the comparison to the Wizard of Oz at the beginning. I hadn't previously compared the sense of finding home with the film but now I see it's very similar to the experiences of some people in the U.S. While reading this essay I began questioning what would happen if Chicanas/os found Aztlan? Also if Aztlan is a mythical place that can't be found what would be the best way to overcome never finding the roots of one's true homeland?
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