1. Waller's piece on Border Feminism acknowledges many of the border abstractions that are not so evident in the media surrounding the politicized issue of illegal immigration into the United States. Of most interest was the language border that seems to no longer be a clear distinction between the American and Mexican cultures. This barrier has become so muddled that Americans oftentimes know more Spanish than young Chicanas. Could this, perhaps, be a move away from the extreme border conflict in the the Southern United States or simply a product of the conflict that will continue to confuse the identity of Mexicans in the US? Also of interest in this piece was the analysis of the niece character and what her role meant to the other performers. What is her role meant to provoke emotionally from the audience and should it be made more clear or kept in the abstract that seems to characterize the current-day Mexico-US border?
2. Architect, Teddy Cruz, has dedicated his work to bringing together the living conditions and real estate of suburban and urban communities. In doing so, has he successfully blurred the line between Tijuana and San Diego? Can this kind of work endure in such politically contested contexts? It seems that Cruz has found a different kind of a border than the simple line between the first and third world that has been drawn but rather two different urban cultures, one of color and one moving towards suburban culture. As Cruz attempts to bring this work to San Francisco, further from the actual border, will it be as accepted and make the same statement as it does in San Diego?
No comments:
Post a Comment