ENG370H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Maria Campbell, Metanarrative, Postcolonialism
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Information about test (will be uploaded to blackboard: two parts: First part: 4 short answer (1 page, double spaced); 6 choices. Second part: 1 passage analysis (2 pages, double spaced). Gender violence represents colonial violence: the native women being dragged away by white men, constantly beating women. How women look depends on race: at the ice cream store there were women in bikinis. Maria"s mom felt so uncomfortable even going into the store with them dressed like that it is inappropriate in her culture; the dad is able to go in still and he laughs at the way they are dressed. The act of whitening as a reflection of colonialism (taking over the inhabitants" traditions and replacing with their own) Gender is not always coercive; it can also be liberating: cheechum reflects old traditions: the time when the matriarch was the head of the family and held the power and influence.
