Images of Latinas: Week 4
Subjectivity: My Wicked, Wicked Ways, Sandra Cisneros
Cisneros's poems portray how a Chicana born in Chicago conceptualizes her struggle for tolerance within the instituted stratified social system and/or the ambiguitiy of being a mestiza, or even the umbical cord connecting the two cultures.
Readings
- From Cisneros, pp.23-39
- From Cisneros, pp.43-65
Questions
- Question 1: Do you think that Cisneros has more responsibility
in being 'feminine ' in the family?
- Question 2: How does Cisneros integrate her Latina roots with her
experiences in foreign countries?.
Group Presentation