ETH STD 11AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nepantla, Asian American Literature, Mexican Americans
18 Nov 2020
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Disproportionate rise in domestic violences in mexican american community. Embracing of machismo (later called toxic masculinity by anzaldua) Luiz valdez is trying to strike narrowness patriotismo & breadth of azlan (happy medium) Not easy to let go trappings of youth. Stripping of the zoot soot is act of violence. Actively seek out these young men & strip them of zoot soot. Stripped of artifact of symbol of his youth. Aztecs who were originally split with dietties. Engages in something very personal -- almost like manifesto. Both personal & broadly conceived cultural critique of aztlan. 1321: aztl n, located in central valley of mexico (aztlan"s existence as place is questionable, & consequently mythical) 1521: spanish conquest of aztec empire (tenochtitlan); termed its residents mechicanas . Aztecans claimed a shared lineage with toltecs (civilized with myths & cosmology) & chichimecas ( barbarians from the north) 1810-21: mexican war of independence from spain. 1848: treaty of guadalupe hidalgo terminates mexican-american war.
