| Subject: ID's 204-210 |
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Josue
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Date Posted: 14:35:07 05/21/02 Tue
In reply to:
Dylan
's message, "ID Stuff" on 08:09:51 05/11/02 Sat
204 - Jardím das Camelias: a neighborhood wiht a population of about 7,000 located in the district of Sao Miguel Paulista on the extreme northeastern periphery of the city. This land is highly disputed. Four different parties claim ownership: Nadime Miguel Ackel, real state company Adis Administracao de Bens S. A., the state, and many squaters.
205 - Joe Mondragón (from The Milagro Beanfield War): has just lost his job so he decides to grow some beans on a small patch of land next to his house just like his father and grandfather had done. The trouble is, Joe doesn't own the water rights to his land (in New Mexico, water is a separate asset) -- the water rights been purchased by a large land developer for a new resort. He starts the town buzzing with talk after he taps some of the water from the ditch that runs by his house. The town knows that the land development company will cause trouble, so most people are against him
206 - Ladd Devine (from The Milagro Beanfield War): The owner of the new development.
207 - Sheriff Montoya (from The Milagro Beanfield War): He is the hispanic sheriff. He doesn't not side with either group. He tries to keep the situation under controll
208 - Ruby Archuletta (from The Milagro Beanfield War): She is the owner of the local garage. She doesn't like the idea of the new developments because she thinks that these new developments will make the cost of living too high for the local chicanos. She collects signatures to protest the developments.
209 - Amarante Cordova (from The Milagro Beanfield War): He's the old grandfather in the movie. He spends all day talking to his guardian angel. He represents the religious beliefs in the movie.
210 - machismo: the term machismo can have many interpretations. I can't remember exactly what definition we used in class. But here's a definition that applies well to Latin America. The Dictionary of Mexican Cultural Code Words reports "... machismo meant the repudiation of all "feminine" virtues such as unselfishness, kindness, frankness and truthfulness. It meant being willing to lie without compunction, to be suspicious, envious, jealous, malicious, vindictive, brutal and finally, to be willing to fight and kill without hesitation to protect one's manly image. Machismo meant that a man could not let anything detract from his image of himself as a man's man, regardless of the suffering it brought on himself and the women around him. ... The proof of every man's manliness was his ability to completely dominate his wife and children, to have sexual relations with any woman he wanted, to never let anyone question, deprecate or attempt to thwart his manhood, and never to reveal his true feelings to anyone lest they somehow take advantage of him."
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