The Spanish Chicano Culture - 1386 Words

Anzaldua in her essay, How to Tame a Wild Tongue† provides an insight of how she experienced the concept being brought up in dual culture society. On one hand, one of the cultures involved the American culture that she experienced on her academic journey. This culture expected her to adhere and speak clearly to the American English language. For instance, the culture required that â€Å"if Anzaldua what to be American, Speak ‘American.’ If you don’t like it, go back to Mexico where you belong† (2). On the other hand, the other culture was her native culture, Spanish Chicano. The Spanish Chicano culture has been her culture since she was at a tender age and throughout her life. In this culture, Anzaldua believes â€Å"Chicano Spanish is not incorrect; it is living language† (2). Therefore, one could be viewed as a cultural traitor because one ruins the Spanish Language if he/she speaks another language such as English. This paper, therefore, sheds light to the challenging and conflicting cultural ideas exhibiting from the dual culture. Arab culture and American Culture. Anzaldua in her literature portrays the both side of the psychological and cultural change consequently to the convergent of the two or more cultures, also known as acculturation process. Here, the writer represents one side by the American culture and the other side by the Mexican culture. For one to become a fully assimilated and accepted in the American culture one has to conform to the American culture andShow MoreRelatedThe Chicano Spanish And Chicano1284 Words   |  6 PagesSeptember 15, 2015 Title- The Language of Chicano The Chicano Spanish people are a discriminated group of people in a society where they felt rather ashamed of their language. In the essay of what Anzaldua wrote about the Chicano Spanish were discriminating themselves of being a marginalized group that their language was socially inferior to the dominant discourse, the English language in America. The Chicano, or the Spanish people, in American society’s goal was that they wan tedRead MoreThe Chicano Spanish1005 Words   |  5 Pagesabout the Chicano spanish were indiscriminating themselves of being a marginalized group that their language was socially inferior to the dominant discourse language, the English language in America. The Chicano, or the Spanish people, in American society main priority that they wanted to get of the their cultural language to become â€Å" Americanized† of speaking the dominant discourse. The Chicano spanish people then felt uncomfortable that their traditional language by speaking Spanish to other peopleRead MoreHow A Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua1236 Words   |  5 PagesAnzaldà ºa explores the challenges encountered by these groups. She especially focuses on her people, the Chicanos, and describes the difficulties she faced practicing her mother tongue. She argues that for many years, the dominant American culture has silenced their language. She claims that by forcing them to speak English and attempting to elim inate their accents, the Americans have robbed the Chicanos of their identity. She also addresses the issue of low self-esteem that results from this process ofRead MoreTaming Anzalduas Contact Zone Analysis984 Words   |  4 Pagesdifferent cultures meet and inform each other, often in highly asymmetrical ways.† Pratt describes what she calls ‘contact zones’ and elaborates on the pros and cons of these cultural interactions. She sees the contact zone as a place that allows people to exchange cultural ideas and break down the dividing cultural borders. When a contact zone is started, people are able to interact on new levels gaining a new perspective because they are able to collaborate with people from foreign cultures. If youRead MoreChicano Essay Definition1067 Words   |  5 PagesThe word Chicano involves more than just a cultural identification. There has been a continuity of a discussion of its origins, it meanings, its purpose and its affirmations thr oughout generations. Through oral history, scattered essays, Chicano studies courses and personal relationships, I have evolved my usage of the word Chicano, as many in history have. Through experience I have learned that social, geographical and economical elements have twisted and turned the meaning according to the moralRead MoreChicanos And The Liberal Agenda1075 Words   |  5 PagesChicanos and the Liberal Agenda In the early sixties, when times were of segregation, racism and discrimination, Chicanos often suffered the most. It was a dark time for Mexican-Americans, who were negatively referred as ‘Chicanos’. Chicanos did not always have the empowered meaning it has today. In the early sixties, ‘Chicano’ was often used to refer to Mexican-Americans’ as lower class, ignorant and as a derogatory racial identification. Furthermore, racism, exploitation, inequality, conformityRead MoreLanguage Is More Violent Than War?1426 Words   |  6 Pagesspeaking Spanish and English, and was always being policed on what language I was allowed to speak. If I was with my parents they only wanted me to speak in Spanish and when I was at school I was actually forced to only speak English. Gloria Anzaldua writes about the struggles Mexican Americans have in America within our own community and within the â€Å"American† standards. Langue is a part of our culture itâ₠¬â„¢s how we begin to communicate with those around us. In this article she explains how Chicanos expressRead MoreA Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua And The New Mestiza1713 Words   |  7 Pagesof borders--between nations, cultures, classes, genders, and languages.† Anzaldua gives many examples of how she felt when being classified as a Chicana. Her thesis in this is that she is â€Å"arguing for the ways in which identity is intertwined with the way we speak and for the ways in which people can be made to feel ashamed of their own tongues.† Her Mother wanted her to choose either English or Spanish and not speak both. Anzaldua also talks about the slang in Spanish and how different parts of theRead MoreHow A Wild Tongue By Gloria Anzaldua And The New Mestiza1480 Words   |  6 Pages Have you ever had to fight to speak freely? Have you ever had to stand up for what you believe and your culture? When Anzaldua says â€Å"So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly abou t my language† she wants you to feel every aspect of what she is saying. She is wanting you to know that she is standing up for her culture. In â€Å"How to Tame a Wild Tongue† she persuades her readers to believe the way she feels and that she has gone through hell to fight for what she believes in. â€Å"How to Tame a WildRead MoreEssay How to Tame a Wild Tongue741 Words   |  3 Pagesfeels her native Chicano Spanish language needs to be preserved in order to maintain cultural unity when used as a private form of communication. Her statement, for a people who cannot identify with either standard (formal, Castilian) Spanish, nor standard English, what recourse is left to them but to create their own language? suggests that despite the societal pressures of needing to learn more formal and ‘properly accepted English and Spanish, the very nature of the Chicano language is a unique