Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Seminar Discussion for 3/28

0. Review
Gloria Anzaldúa's, "How to Tame a Wild Tongue":




I. Please be prepared to discuss the legacy of Moraga and Anzaldúa’s contribution to Latino literature in the assigned stories we did not get to last week. These are:

1. Charles Rice González, Puti and the Bandits,” pgs. 57-74
2. tatiana de la tierra, “Porcupine Love,” pgs. 75-83
3. Horacio M. Roque Ramírez, “This Desire for Queer Survival” pgs. 96-111. Note 2003 backdrop for Ramírez's testimonial about queer survival, "Operation Iraqi Freedom":



Presentation:
4. Irene Mata, “Writing on the Walls: Deciphering Violence and Industrialization in Alicia Gaspar de Alba’s Desert Blood” (BB) 

Be prepared to discuss a representative chapter of your choosing in detail and explain how it relates to the rest of the novel:
5. Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Desert Blood: The Juárez Murders


Links related to Gaspar de Alba's framing and context for her novel:




II. Updates from previous class discussions: "La ley de la mordaza": Other incarnations
St. Petersburg 



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