Shifra Goldman

In Shifra Goldman's article "The Iconography of Chicano Self Determination: Race, Ethnicity, and Class" we see and learn with example the oppression that Chicanos were faced with when the Americas were being conquered until now and see how they are fighting back by expressing themselves through art.  By expressing himself through public murals, Antonio Bernal was able to address sexism by including women and race by showing African Americans and Mexicans together.  Yolanda Lopez expressed and empowered herself with her Guadalupe series by using iconography from the original Guadalupe painting in different forms. My favorite one of her pieces is of her mother sewing the cloak that Guadalupe wears. To me it signifies her mother holding a very important role in her life. She is seen as hardworking and humble Chicana woman to have the job of sewing the cloak of such an important figure. The angel and rose are also present as other iconographic factors.