My first question involves
the essay “Out of the House, the Halo, and the Whore’s Mask: The Mirror of
Malinchismo.” As stated on page 128, evidence proves that Chicanos continue to
be threatened by activism and scholarship of Chicana feminists. In terms of the
Chicano department at UCLA and many other campuses, how can we as students
contribute to diminish patriarchy within the department and be more inclusive
of Chicana scholarship? How can we call for the department see beyond their
one-dimensional Chicano discipline?
The second question derived
from There’s No Place Like Aztlan: Embodied Aesthetics in Chicana Art.” In
the essay, Aztlan is defined as the
dominant conceptual framework for interpreting Chicano identity, activism, and
cultural production. If Aztlan represents and embodies the Chicano “utopia”
that stems form the legendary home of the Aztec peoples. How can Chicana/o art
be more inclusive of people that do not identify of Mexican dissent, within the
art paradigm, i.e Central Americans, South Americans, and others. If the term
Chicano is an evolving term, how can art contribute to the inclusion of various
other identities?
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