ENGL 432 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Californio, White Supremacy, Agrarian System
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Conflicting identity as an author due to her family background versus the position she is in; her personal experiences add a biographical edge to the story. Made it so that it looked that she was from an elite family, but it was not so. -> done so to aid her light-colored skin and give her authority. Used her maternal last name bc her grandfather had absolutely no significance essentially. Witnessed the us invasion of la paz at the start of the mex-amer. Her husband arranged to have over 400 friendly mexicans to be transported from mexico to baja california and grant them citizenship, of which she was included. Left to ny when her husband was relocated, but returned once he died only to find squatters living on property her husband had left behind. -> reflects the same events in the squatter and the don.
