Chicano Movement

Instructions: Choose 2 of the following questions and answer them in paragraph form. Make sure to include examples from the readings and lectures to support your responses. Respond to all parts of the question. It will be five pages long, so 2.5 pages for each prompt. Include a reference page that is not included as a part of the 5 pages you will write. 1. Both Benjamin Alire Sáenz and Gloria Anzaldúa speak about writing from a place of truth or legitimacy. Sáenz calls it “the most authentic space,” and Anzaldúa defines it in terms of language. How have Sáenz, Anzaldúa, and other Chicanx artists authentically represented their experience? Cite specific examples. 2. I. How does Tomás Ybarra-Frausto define rasquachismo? Why did he call it a Chicano sensibility and how has it become an important idea in Chicanx culture? Cite specific examples. II. Find a scene in the excerpt of Daniel Venegas’s Las Aventuras de Don Chipote and examine it through the lens of rasquachismo. How does Don Chipote exemplify a “sasquatches stance”? 3. How did the pachuco become a symbol of resistance and self-affirmation for the Chicano Movement? How have Chicanx artists and writers contributed to the creation of this symbol? Cite specific examples.