S's Corner

  Hello Readers!     I read quite a few book this year. I read the books required for class like "Popol Vuh" and "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies" by Seth Holmes. I also read a few books for fun like "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller and the famous Manga series "Attack on Titan" by Hajime Isayama.  Christenson, Allen.  Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya . University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2007.  This book followed Maya mythology in the creation of the world and how everything came to be. It follows the Hero Twins through their victory and triumphs over the lords of  Xibalba or the underworld. These two brothers go on a quest through the underworld tricking the lords who are trying to destroy them.  This is the book cover for the version of the "Popol Vuh" we read Holmes, Seth M.  Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies Migrant Farmworkers in the United States . Univ. of California Press, 2014.   This books follows Seth Holmes as he insert

 Hello Readers! OAXACALIFORNIA: THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF THE DUO TLACOLULOKOS      I selected the exhibit OAXACALIFORNIA: THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF THE DUO TLACOLULOKOS by artists Dario Canul y Cosijoesa Cernas. It is a beautiful and moving exhibit created by Mexicans and their experiences in California. The name combines Oaxaca and California and that is exactly what the exhibit does, it is a fusion of Californian and Oaxacan culture. The exhibit consists of the paintings Wherever You May Go, And That Is How They Hid The Sun, The Angels Sing Their Praise to God, And In Memory of the Forgotten, Smile now, Cry later, Remember that the World os Mine, and The Size of Your Suffering. The paintings creatively use religion, family, and cultural pride to unify Mexican-Americans. When“The artist defined the tear as the representation of the difficulties faced my migrant children”( Smile now, Cry later  0:30-0:59) it brought together a whole community. Many Mexican-Americans in this country

Hello Readers!     Intro   This weeks Latino USA Podcast is about Teresa Urrea who is the Mexican Joan of Arc. Dr. Yolanda Leyva a history professor at the university of Texas. David Romo, a historian that specializes on the US Mexican border lines. She was a curandera and feminist. She was loved my all and was a symbol to the people of forgotten history. She used herbs and tradition ancient healing methods. Most known for being “once called the most danger out woman in Mexico my dictator Porfirio Diaz” (Latino 4:20-4:33).   Background   Her mother was an indigenous woman and was 14 when she gave birth to Teresa. Teresa’s father was a rich light skinned land owner with Spanish ties.  Teresa went through traumatic event and was believed to be raped. She had an epileptic seizure and went into a coma. She was believed to be dead when her father ordered her a coffin. Suddenly she regained concious and woke up from her coma. After she woke up she predicted that in three days the coffin woul