1. In reading the script of Stuff I couldn't help but wonder who the audience was meant to be and who would continue on stage as the script continually sexualizes the performers. Who did Nao Bustamante and Coco Fusco intend to reach in this performance and was the performance successful in doing so? Also interesting to me is the two subjects of sex and food and their importance to the Chicano and Mexican culture. What aspects of these two subjects are specific to Chicano culture and how does this relate to the more universal needs of food and sex?
2. Additionally, I would like to explore the feminism that is tied to the Chicano nationalism movement. The 1960s saw both racial integration and feminist reform but why did the Chicano movement entangle itself in so many webs at one time? Does this make performance of the movement and identity confusing as it combines race, gender and sexuality into one large issue? Why has performance lived on but the movement fell apart? I would also like to compare this feminist movement to the struggle and action of the Maquiladores - is it more effective to fight for civil and labor rights legally or through performance? I understand why sex and gender are entangled in Chicano performance and culture but is it effective to emphasize sex and sexuality as much as they do in their works? Is it worth discomforting viewers and pushing audiences away?
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