CARA Alicia Gaspar de Alba

The CARA review written by Alicia Gaspar de Alba showcases many issues related with exhibit, but does not deny the importance of the exhibit as a whole. Through the reading and the lecture presented by Gaspar de Alba, underlying gender roles and their associated presentations were revealed. Upon initial inspection the exhibit was celebrated for its presentation of Chicano alternate history, which is often unknown to the public. Although the exhibit bridged American histories well; it continued to reference centuries of female subordination because it did not give equity to the artist in the exhibit. The design of the exhibit presented women as mothers, whose only role was to continue the chicanx community.

Visitors were first presented to women in the traditional sense as women of pleasure and as mothers; this representation was hard for visitors to dismiss once they entered the room for women, This set categorization of women does not the work of the female artist be understood fully. The initial representation of women in the exhibit taint the work of the female artist because their work indirectly serves to reinforce the representations/ In the future exhibits need to take into consideration the subliminal messages they are displaying, so they can minimize negative portrayals of people.