Questions for Professor Gaspar de Alba

           On the article titled, There's No Place Like Aztlan: Embodied Aesthetics in Chicana Art, there is a connection made between artists who are living in exile as well as artists who are indigenous but feel out of place with the experience of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. As I began to read the reasoning of why these individuals could be represented as Dorothy I began to see that this was a good comparison. My question to the author is. “How long did it take you to create an analysis and put all of the pieces together to end up seeing the relationship between your own experiences and those of Dorothy?” I would think that perhaps it took two months because reflecting on one’s own life can be challenging at times. Especially when you try to compare your experiences with someone else’s because we are concentrated on things that make us unique individuals.
       Article: Out of the House, the Halo, and the Whore’s Mask: The Mirror of Malinchismo
A question that arose as I looked at Table 1 was, “What statement would you agree with more?”  The statement: The statistics gathered about how many female artists get exposure of their art has to do with the old thinking that women have to be housewives. Or, the lack of exposure has to do with fear from male artists. I think the answer incorporates both statements but I am curious about the author’s position on the second statement. I think males are scared that women might be more creative and communicate better with the people because through the drawings they are expressing their feelings that have been built up for several decades. Women artists have a lot of courage to go against the traditional ways and make a statement about the role they believe women should take in modern society.