Sup Sebi? i think we're supposed to be discussing the questions listed below about anzaldua this week... i started commenting in the comment section of each post.... join in PLEASE!

Q1 Notes on the Balinese Cockfight

I feel that the Cockfights comment on social interaction. They can show status and character of the cockfighters themselves, and the people involved in the betting. Geertz says that in the Deep Play fights money is almost a secondary thought and the first would be status. In the section Playing with Fire, Geertz gives us general facts, almost rules to cockfighting. In my opinion these facts could almost be directly related to the culture of these people. He says the Cock fights are a form of sentimentil education. I really don't know where i'm going with this help me somebody.

Look in the Comments!

hey guys look in the comments of the questions for my responses and please join in!

Adams & Anzaldua

Compare Adams' notions of the 'Virgin' (in "The Dynamo and the Virgin") and the 'American woman' (in "Vis Inertiae") with Anzaldua's concept of the "Virgin/whore dichotomy (in "Entering the Serpent").

Question Breakdown:

In "The Dynamo and the Virgin," who or what is the 'Virgin' and what does this figure represent to Adams? To start, list descriptions Adams uses to describe the 'Virgin.'

In "Vis Inertiae," towards the middle-end of the essay, Adams discusses American women. How does he describe the 'American woman'?

How does Adams describwe the relationship of 'American women' with men? With the Church? With 'her' children?

Compare Adams' descriptions of the 'Virgin' and the 'American woman.'

In "Entering the Serpent," describe what Anzaldua says happened to the female deities.

What does Anzaldua mean by the "virgin/puta (whore) dichotomoy" (68)?

Compare Adams' notions/descriptions of the 'Virgin' and 'American women' to Anzaldua's concept/description of the 'virgin/whore dichotomy.'

Anzaldua: Argument in "For Waging War Is My Cosmic Duty"

In "For Waging War Is My Cosmic Duty," what is Anzaldua's argument? What makes her argument effective or ineffective?

Question Breakdown:

1. What is Anzaldua's purpose in writing this piece? What's her thesis? (These aren't necessarily the same thing, and aren't necessarily directly stated.)
2. What are her main points? List at least three.
3. What evidence does she use to suppport these points?
4. Where does her own voice enter the essay?
5. Is her argument effective? Why or why not?

Q 2 Stranger in the Village

question 2 of Stranger in the Village: i googled and found that Edward Franklin Frazier is a Howard graduate and leading American sociologist and scholar who created empirically based knowledge that was useful in solving problems affecting Black people. He wrote over 100 articles and nine books that challenged traditional research used in the social work field. i think the author created strangers and companions to make the reader feel what it is to be in a foreign land better (?) he talks about himself being a stranger in the village to show how different cultures are and how the way people responded to him village had totally different intentions and motivations than the way people in America did. what do you think?
originally posted on September 3, 2007 9:43 PM in the wrong spot also, sorry

Question 1 for Anzaldua

i would like to discuss question 1 for Entering into the Serpent and How to Tame a Wild Tongue. the author seems to be translating some key words that are essential to the reading. i wasn't sure what to do with the rest. i though this lack of translating in the How to Tame a Wild Tongue essay was great in putting the reader in the position of not understanding as the writer and the people she describes must have felt. i have spanish speaking relatives that i went to to ask for some translations. What did you guys think?
originally posted on September 3, 2007 9:27 PM in the wrong section