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Poetry is not a luxury & Borderlands

Poetry is not a luxury & Borderlands. By: Audre Lorde & Gloria Alzoldúa Presented by: Gaby Saavedra and Madison Smith. Poetry Is Not a Luxury.

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Poetry is not a luxury & Borderlands

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  1. Poetry is not a luxury & Borderlands By: AudreLorde & Gloria Alzoldúa Presented by: Gaby Saavedraand Madison Smith

  2. Poetry Is Not a Luxury “As we learn to bear the intimacy of scrutiny, and to flourish within it, as we learn to use the products of that scrutiny for power within our living, those fears which rule our lives and form our silences begin to lose their control over us.” • Poetry is… • Illumination • Transformative • Light • Freedom • Power • Distillation of experience • “A vital necessity of our existence” • Realize, analyze, and express

  3. Borderlands: The Homeland AztlánEl otro México • Sees Chicanos as a tribe, with their true homeland being the U.S. Southwest. • Poem: Standing at the coastline in Border Field Park. • “The U.S.-Mexican border esunaheridaabiertawhere the Third World grates against the first and bleeds.”p25 • Poem: Aztecs left to Mexico and C. America, guided by the god of war Huitzilopochtli

  4. Borderlands Cont. • Hernán Cortés invasion • Poem: El destierro/ The Lost Land • Battle of the Alamo, Texas • Santa Anna • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • Wharton Poem • “The Gringo…” p.29 • Mexicans who stayed in US • La crisis/The Crisis • La travesía • “We have a tradition of migration…” p33

  5. Themes • Borderlands • Social Culture • How can US and Mexican citizens get along • Ambition • US wanting more land and Mexican citizens searching for a better life • Home • Is home still in the US or does it not belong to them anymore? • Poetry is Not a Luxury • Self-expression • Free of the bindings of traditional freedom and thought • Individual freedoms through oppression • Exploration, acceptance, and expression

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