When looking at the Chicanx community, there is a particular group that is commonly looked at as the lowest sub-tier within that demographic - Chicanas. When it comes to making art, many criticize the level and quality that comes from the women in commonly domestic spaces. While reading and understanding the origins of the terms “rasquachismo” and “domesticana”, I began to understand how it connects on works produced by females of latin American backgrounds. As it is described in the reading, rasquachismo is an attitude or taste of art that, by many, is seen as “low class” or work created by “the-have-nots”. In other words, rasquachismo is an attitude taken into making art that comes from the harsh environment many Chicanx live in while recognizing the Mexican culture they come from.
Domesticana is also illustrated as a descriptive style in the book as a way for female Chicanas to express their art. As mentioned in class, it is one thing for Chicanos to make art, but it is a completely different thing for women in that same community to have a space, resources, and permission to have their art accepted in the art world. Domesticana works as a way for Chicanas to make art that represents a female environment and labor. Chicano and Chicana Art elaborated on the use of alters inside the home. For many, alters are a classic symbol of connection with ancestral backgrounds and a sense of peace commonly found in homes where a Chicanas have control of. Due to the typically understanding that men’s work is outside the home, where women's is inside, the colorful creation of alters goes beyond having a function but also becomes a symbol for Chicana artistic control.
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