tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905999029910896908.post2408342684430389001..comments2023-07-19T10:02:33.750-04:00Comments on Chican@ Literature: A Mosaic, A Weaving, A Puzzle: Journal #3 DreamscapesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905999029910896908.post-81069753412536525712011-02-07T14:00:37.055-05:002011-02-07T14:00:37.055-05:00This "cosmic struggle" between two force...This "cosmic struggle" between two forces that SEEM to oppose one another can be read as many things: Colonizer/Indigenous, Male/Female, Wilderness/Domesticity, Christianity/Paganism. Ultima's comment has the potential to help resolve things for Antonio, and he does indeed seem to love both the Church, and his more land-based spiritual powers. If Antonio succeeds in making himself a synthesis of these two forces, so that he is truly a "mestizo," how will that affect the two sides he loves so much? Will the "Mares" side accept the "mixture" of Mares and Luna that is Antonio? And vice versa? I wonder if Anaya felt that the analogy of mestizas as children of two different races that bring two warring families together would be comforting and familiar to Chican@s. How does this analogy help him completely avoid the La Malinche problem (Spanish "rape" of Indigenous culture)??Deborah A. Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136626366265702694noreply@blogger.com