In their time, the Chicana Feminist movement made great leaps and accomplished many tasks to benefit the Chicana community. Despite this, the story of how they reached these accomplishments remains virtually untold. Yet, Martha Vidal covered both their struggles and achievements in her article Women:New Voice of La Raza. Through reading this article and researching the Chicano community and movement, I came to the conclusion that Chicana women favoring the Feminist movement over the Chicano movement
Culture has spread throughout the ages through a variety of ways. The Greeks and Romans spread their culture through conquest, the Spaniards colonization, and the Middle East through conversion. All of these slight methods of cultural diffusion have impacted our world greatly today. However, not all of these have had a positive effect. Due to Alexander the great’s conquest many were slaughtered, the Spaniards not only killed, but they forced the Mayans and Aztecs into a different fate, one worse
delicacies. Following the procession were the captured natives, trembling in fear and weeping in deep sadness (p. 46). Despite the initial kindness that the indigenous people showed, they were still deemed inferior because of the wide disparity in cultures. This caused the Europeans to believe that they are authorized to abuse the land, wealth and human beings of Latin America. The moment that Columbus encountered the locals marked the birth of an era as well as the inception of a deadly
in the new world, human populations in the Mediterranean and Europe were devastated by the plagues and diseases they were not naturally resistant to. Death and destruction was widespread throughout the lands due to the little resistance which nearly wiped out communities and towns. Later after that, by the year 1200, many different cultures had been exposed to many diseases, and there was a hope that people were now more immune to them. That all changed with the increased trade with the Mongols that
3.3. Geomancy and Vedic architecture Ancient cultures were very closely related to nature. While some cultures in passive and silent way were dealing with natural phenomena, other high cultures such as Chinese geomancy, were trying to reshape their cultural life and architectonic expression in harmonious ways. Geomancy means interpreting the visible and invisible dimensions of places and landscapes, so that a holistic understanding of their true essence can emerge in our consciousness. It is
get what they desired. Resulting from the European dominance in trade, exploration, and colonization, the most significant consequence of the Age of Discovery was the lasting harsh treatment of Native American and African people and the destruction of their cultures. When the knowledge that land existed on the other side of the world, opportunities for countries and people opened up. Over everything, people wanted fame and riches. Valuable resources such as gold or silver
Chapter 1: Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) Main Ideas: • Quests may not always be as dramatic as a knight having to save a princess from evil, but instead may be as simple as a trip to the supermarket. • There is usually a stated reason for a quest, but the real reason never involves the stated reason. • The real reason for a quest is to always gain self-knowledge. Connection: In the movie “Shrek,” Shrek starts off as a hostile and solitary ogre who dislikes all and is disliked by