Images of Latinas: Week 9
Barrio Women
Puerto Rican women living in the Northeast have different experiences than Chicanas living in the Borderlands. Ortiz Cofer's texts will allow us to explore both the differences and the similarities of Latina experiences of oppression.
Readings
- From Ortiz Cofer, "The Latin Deli" pp. 3, " America History"pp.7,
"The Changeling" pp.38, The Witch's Husband" pp. 42, "Nada" pp.50,
"Nothing Wasted" pp.72, "Las Magdalenas" pp. 83 ,"Old Women" pp.
91,"Corazon's Cafe" pp.93, "The Myth of the Latin Woman" pp.148
Questions
- Question 1: Comment on Cofer's use of religion.
- Question 2: How does the image of " The Patroness of Exiles"
relate to the image of "La Malinche?"
Group Presentation