Women Of Latin American Culture

Identity is a group of characteristics, data or information that belongs exactly to one person or a group of people and that make it possible to establish differences between them. The consciousness that people have about themselves is part of their identity as well as what makes them unique. According to psychologists, identity is a consistent definition of one’s self as a unique individual, in terms of role, attitudes, beliefs and aspirations. Identity tries to define who people are, what they are, where they go or what they want to be or to do. Identity could depend on self-knowledge, self-esteem, or the ability of individuals to achieve their goals. Through self-analysis people can define who they are and who the people around them

During the Mexican Revolution, Mexico as a nation torn in many directions, people gave up simple farming lives to take up arms against causes that many of them did not fully understand. Gender roles during the period in Mexico were exceptionally degrading towards women. Having little more rights than slaves and treated as trophies or property more than human beings, women role in society was nothing near that of a man’s. In The Underdogs, Mariano Anzuela highlights the issue of gender roles by continuously illustrating the punitive role of women and their mistreatment. Augmenting Anzuelas work with citations from Oscar Lewis and Stephanie Smith will paint a picture of the degrading gender roles for women during the Mexican Revolution. Highlighted points brought up by Azuela are how men speak with and treat women, women’s place in society, and general disregard for women’s feelings.

Unfortunately, not everyone who searches for help will receive a positive experience. There have been negative interactions with IPV survivors and agencies that have impacted Latina women (Postmus et al., 2014). As mentioned in Rizo and Macy’s research (2011), Latina women who have been victims of partner violence may not be able to speak English. This creates a language barrier when communicating with agencies because some agencies do not have a Spanish speaking staff, which results in an uncomfortable environment (Rizo & Macy, 2011). Also, some staff have asked survivors of IPV for their status, which has created fear in women who are seeking help (Rizo & Macy, 2011). Some agencies have limited funding which do not allow them to have services that could benefit Latina women (Postmus et al., 2014). These limited services have made Latina women and other women of marginalized groups to feel

Throughout history, people have been criticized and judged based upon their gender, race, and ethnicity. Till this day people still get looked down upon for these reasons. Many people around the world have shared experiences in which they have been stereotyped. For example, in essay, “ Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space,” Brent Staples discusses how he is able to alter space because of his gender and race. On the other hand, in her essay,” The Myth of the Latin Woman,” Judith Ortiz discusses an event where she was discriminated against based upon her gender and ethnicity. Both authors discuss personal experiences dealing with gender, race, and ethnicity, however, they do so in different ways. Both authors use very similar techniques

There are significant figures who are destined for a greater purpose, those who are worthy of integration in the history books. They are men, destined for a greater purpose, provoking change in an otherwise stagnant trajectory, whether for better or for worse. In the best of scenarios, they are capable of offering hope, present innovative perspectives opening opportunities that affect the current way of life. Other times, however, the selected few, fall into circumstances beyond their control, but are influential, nonetheless. Men are often author of such reverence and acknowledgment, that a woman’s power and contributions to history oftentimes is overlooked. Case in point, three women who created change, who affected the culture during the colonization of Mexico in early 16th and 17th century, a time and place when women had no authority, or control in the way men did, are decorated with this honor. The first is La Virgin de Guadalupe, the symbol of hope, Malintzin, the epitome of disloyalty, and Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz, the intellect.

Between the year 1750 and 1914 the roles of women in Latin America and Western Europe did not change, however, their mindsets and goals impacted society. Women in these regions shared the similar role of homemaker and also experienced gender inequality. In Latin America, because of the expectations of women due to Catholicism, little changed in terms of gender inequality. However in Western Europe, this was not the case. Women in Western Europe were subjected to unrest because of the inequality amongst men and women and organized women’s suffrage movements.

The double standards which Mexican women forced to live under are social status and sex. Men controlled all aspects such as politic, economy, and cultural life. In the family, husband served as authority over his wife as same as they did over his "slave". The following is an instance from Castellanos's writing which can picture the women's status in the family " The year Modesta was married to Alberto were years of pain and hard work. True that when he was drunk, the bricklayer beat her, throwing in her face how Jorgito had abused her..." (p 550). This was true that patriarchy affected wealthy and poor women differently. Women who were born wealthy and in the upper class were just under the authority of their

While studying Latin American region I was questioned why this region has more numbers of female presidents. Therefore, in this essay, I did some small analyze with a list of female representatives as a head of states.

The history in Colonial Latin America on women is still being penned, which creates various questions that have not been acknowledged. In the readings throughout class, it is evident that most of the sources covered strictly pertain to women of wealth or the upper society. The women in Colonial Latin America had no sway politically, but they did play an integral part in associations. Once Spanish settlers moved into Latin America, they employed various structures to control the indigenous population because the “New World” contained racial diversity that they had never encountered before. The women of Latin America saw a transformation to their ethnicity, kinship, and race because of the conquest, colonization, and settlement of Spanish immigrants.

As well as Frances Beal, Mirta Vidal was fighting for the equality of all women but especially for the Chicana women. There are many differences and similarity in all cultures on how women are being treated. In the Chicana culture, the men are trying to keep women subordinate and to keep all control over their lives and bodies. “The Chicanos are taught that women are only useful for clerical and sexual activities. If something is needed to be done there is always a Chicana there to do the work.” The women in this culture suffer from 3 forms of oppressions, oppressed nationality, as workers, and as women. The solutions they are fighting for are legal abortion, child care, and equal pay for equal work. There have been many incidences where women have died due to illegal backstreet abortions.

In the book, The Women of Colonial Latin America, Susan Socolow delves into the topic, dividing her focus into subtopics. Gender, race, and class all merge together to form the women’s role in the Americas at the time. Socolow makes valid points and proves herself well, however she is very repetitive in the way she presents her viewpoints throughout the

1. The myth of the Latin woman is that they are aggressive, fiery women who are extremely passionate, hyper-sexualized and who bloom into sexual creatures from a young age. The myth is legitimized in the minds of the majority culture in the United States, proving to them that young Latina women mature earlier sexually when they are seen with tight, revealing clothes and large amounts of jewelry. Cultures around the world have historically viewed female morality and purity through the scope of dress and how your appearance is viewed by others. Rape victims, for example, have long been blamed for their own victimization because of what they were wearing.

Since the technology is advancing men are no longer just hearing about places to tour or seeing pictures such as postcard they are now using technology such as the internet to communicate amongst each other. Tourists have created a site called tsmtravel.com to post about different destinations, women in those locations and the cost to have sex with them. This plays a crucial part in how the men view their experience when they travel because since they are reading the experiences of other men they have expectation towards the women and what they will receive when they arrive to their desired destination. These advances in technology make the sex worker’s job harder because men begin to have an image of how Cuban women should look like.

What are the gender politics that emerge in these texts? Do these texts rely on or challenge universal human rights discourse? And to begin, I will provide a brief summary on what took place in Mexico, in 1968.

I guess you could say that about Latin American music, but the music from Latin America is much more complex and diverse than that. Saying you like the music is saying a lot because there are various types. There is a lot more to the music than the genres of mariachi and salsa. The reason for this is the music is a product of transculturation. It merges the cultures of Africans, Indigenous, and Europeans. Not only this but Latin America covers a whole lot of land from Mexico down Venezuela and even consisting of the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. With this transculturation came various genres of music including mariachi, sones, banda, norteno, punta, rumba, guaracha and many more. Not only this, but