WGS 376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Naturopathy, Language Barrier, Acculturation
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When she"s exiled she feels like she"s in prison: 47, disconnect between body and spirit. Her exile is she loss of home: misses it and wants to go back, disconnected from france. Culturally: cant connect with her cultural surrounding. Family: language barrier from her and her grandchildren. She has agency because she resists the acculturation: won"t learn french, won"t learn to read or write, journey to scare cour. Resistance to other forms of instruction: references to home. The concept of home is in limbo for the exiled. Present day refugees are now exiles: can"t be in their homes, rootlessness. Parallel between julia going to church in paris and children looking for the beach: reading text. Children not accepted: in africa because french, in france because african. The writing above has no meaning to her. Dark bride language not relevant: culture and medicine. Cant be in her home country that has herbs. Db: false doctors, vinerial diseases, agency.
