LLCU test 1 Flashcards
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The Latino Imaginary
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- latino identity as fluid + constructed
- role of media + cultural production
- language and political consciousness
2
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Empire of Dreams
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- US expansion + latino migration (MA and SA war) led to latino migration
- mexican workers hired for agriculture and railroad work (faced racism)
- Jones act (granted puerto ricans US citizenship, led to migration to new york)
- latin lovers, exotic women trope
- great depression led to mass deportation (blamed latinos for taking jobs)
- Barcero Program (WWII labor shortages, hired back mexican workers)
- laid foundation for latino identity + their struggles in the US
2
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The Chicano Movement
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- MA oppression (treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - granted rights to Mexicans in newly taken US territories but was never followed)
- educational segregation
- movement: student walkouts, labor movement, political party advocating for MA rights
- lasting impacts: chicano studies, political representation, latino activism today
3
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Prejudice and Pride
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- Chicano movement’s fight for civil rights, education, labor justice
- walkouts in LA
- chicano moratorium (anti vietnam war protest)
- lasting impact: latino political representation, chicano studies, modern activism
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Mexican Muralism
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- social + educational tool post-revolution
- los tres grandes (rivera, orozco, siqueiros)
- themes of the murals: indigenous heritage, revolutionary struggles, global issues
- meant to educate the illiterate
- put in public spaces
5
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War + peace
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- latinos had a huge military contribution
- discrimination even though they were helping
- GI forum (latinos didn’t get access to GI bill benefits, there was a forum that addressed these concerns)
6
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The chicano wave
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- cultural fusion (mexican w american genres)
- artists (ritchie valens - la bamba, lalo guerrero - father of chicano music)
- became the soundtrack for the civil rights movement
- became mainstream
7
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Borderlands/La Frontera
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- borderlands as a metaphor (blending and clashing of cultures, identities, language)
- Mestiza consciousness (embracing a mixed identity, inclusivity)
- language as identity
- intersectionality
8
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I Am Denver documentary
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- chicana (seen as nurturers + warriors)
- balances caregiving w activism
9
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cuban refugees: manifold migrations
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- after cuban revolution, upper middle class people, opposed the new regime (political reasons)
- freedom flights, Camarioca boatlift, middle class people (economic reasons bc communism fucked the economy)
- mariel boatlift (mass emigration)
- balsero crisis (makeshift rafts to florida)
10
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Peril and Promise
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- influx of latino immigrants
- debates over immigration policies
- central american migration (fleeing civil war, political unrest)
- heightened border control
- english only laws
- led to latinos helping economic growth, famous athletes, artists, became biggest minority group in US
11
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Divas and Superstars
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- latin pop explosion
- ricky martin, gloria estefan, shakira (english language market)
- paved the way for latin artists
- new genres
12
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Desi Chain
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- 1.5 generation (CA immigrated as children, split between two cultures)
- Desi Arnaz + Gloria Estefan (represent CA pop culture, “conga”)
- biculturalism (balancing act, neither assimilation or rejection)
- hyphen in CA represents this
- three stages of exile (substitutive, destitution, institution)
13
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The man who loved lucy
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- i love lucy tv show
- brought cuban identity to hollywood
- showed C-A marriage
14
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dreaming in cuban
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- diff characters have diff relationship with Cuba
- pilar thinks abt cuba fondly, “remembers everything” but doesn’t, grappling w identity
- mom is negative abt it bc she remembers the regime
- grandma remembers it prior the regime so they connect that way
- imaginary homeland
- polarizing view when cubans move to the US (very conservative + anti communist)
