Oct
20
North of the Rio Grande Thus Far…
Posted by: | October 20, 2008 | Comments Off
I too wrote the wrong blog on Sunday… Sorry Jon!I am definitely beginning to feel as though Jon has purposefully organized the order of the class texts from least to most interesting. I have enjoyed everything we’ve read thus far in class, but ever…
Oct
17
resumen
Posted by: | October 17, 2008 | Comments Off
I realize this is a little late but the internet has either been unavailable to me or i have been studying for other midterms, but now its time to focus on this class!I have really enjoyed the readings for this class. i think that the themes we have co…
Oct
16
Todo Junto
Posted by: | October 16, 2008 | Comments Off
Well, these past weeks have flown by! I’ve really enjoyed our class overall. I think that the combination and variety of the readings really made for some diverse discussions. I do think we came back to the same issues a lot of the time, that’s just a …
Oct
15
Borders
Posted by: | October 15, 2008 | Comments Off
I was in a film studies course prior to this class and I remembered one of the required reading was Michael Cieutat’s account on Mexican iconography. “On the one hand, there was a Mexican Catholic, subject to a harsh social hierarchy (from hidalgo …
Oct
15
La clase
Posted by: | October 15, 2008 | Comments Off
I wrote the wrong blog on Sunday……I’ve enjoyed most the various styles of writing employed by the writers. I’m a bit of a sucker for Barton’s eloquence and her coy narratives in her book, which are reminiscent of a hipster music critic reviewing 1…
Oct
15
It’s about that time….
Posted by: | October 15, 2008 | Comments Off
it’s about that time of the year…. midterms, papers, (blogs…wikis), not to mention all of the readings that go along with these academic endeavors. So far this term we’ve covered such a variety of readings and i think that i have enjoyed tomas riv…
Oct
15
Hasta ahora…
Posted by: | October 15, 2008 | Comments Off
Hasta ahora tengo que decir que la mejor cosa que hemos leido ha sido lo de Jose Marti. Simplemente porque es la lectura que me hizo sentir algo mas profundo que las otras. Cuando escribi mi blog de Jose Marti, estaba llena de sentimientos, pasiones, …
Oct
14
322 So far
Posted by: | October 14, 2008 | Comments Off
Sorry if it is a little late but there was so much to do over the thanksgiving weekend that I had no time to blog.
Anyways, so far my favorite read has been Who Would Have Thought It? I came to appreciate how everything was in flux in this novel. Every single character changes for better [...]
Oct
14
Span322 Thus Far…
Posted by: | October 14, 2008 | Comments Off
So, I apologize that I’m a few days late. It seems that going home for Thanksgiving and being in the middle of nowhere at Grandma’s house means no internet.I’ve thoroughly enjoyed this course so far. I feel it is one of the courses I have taken so far …
Oct
13
Overview
Posted by: | October 13, 2008 | Comments Off
This has been an interesting class for me so far, having never read Chicano literature. Progressing through the texts we have come across similar themes, but what is most interesting is how the representation of each theme contributes to the greater me…
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