Before reading Chicano and Chicana Art: A Critical Anthology, my understanding of rasquachismo was a bit different than it was described in the reading. I had this understanding of rasquachismo as just this do-it-yourself attitude that a lot of Chicanxs had back in the 70s. I heard about a lot of Chicanx artists taking a bunch of disposable items and transforming them into great pieces and while that’s a part of rasquachismo, it’s not the entire aspect of it. Rasquachismo transcends into an attitude of resilience. By taking scraps and transforming them into something of beauty, Chicanxs are demonstrating their resilience and ability to build something from nothing. The reading mentioned rasquachismo as “making the most from the least” and this really resonated with me because that’s essentially what marginalized people have been doing for the longest time. Marginalized people have been taking what little they’ve been given and not just surviving, but thriving and building community. To me, Rasquachismo is an attitude that reflects resilience.
In all honesty, the concept of domesticana is a bit more complex for me as I still feel like I don’t entirely know what it means. What I did get from the reading was that domesticana is like the female counterpart of rasquachismo that kind of has an emphasis on the domestic life of the Chicana. Domesticana is a resistance of the subjugation of women to these domestic spaces, so there is a spirit of resistance in domesticana work. Again, I could still use some clarification on the concept of domesticana.
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