Making of Latin America

  Hello Ella, I really like your comment on how having a woman director brings more of a depicted view of a woman's life. I find that women, in this role, such as Brook brought up in her comment, bring in more details of a woman's life as well. I think this has to do with the fact that a man has no view of what women go through in their life and how we are brought up. With that, I think that if the roles were reversed with men being the minority of directors it could be seen in the same view. That, men, would bring out the best of how men were treated. Overall, everything I think has to do with the viewpoint of the person's life and how they were raised.

 This week, we had two questions that we talked about in Professor Stark's portion of the class that I found interesting. The questions were if we thought Sor Juana could be considered a feminist and if she could be considered a narcissist. During our discussion, we had many great points come up, one of which included the definition of the words. These definitions play a crucial role as everyone has a different definition and how they view things. I think that Sor Juana was really neither. Yes, she pushed for women to be able to learn but in my eyes, a feminist pushes for everyone to be equal. Her view of men using knowledge for bad, as seen in her letter “The Answer,” skews the thought of her advocating for equal rights. Such as her saying “To such men, I say again, study does harm, because it means putting a sword in the hands of a madman,” it beings to view that she thinks men can only harm with knowledge but that is not always true. I also do not view Juana as a narcissistic be

  Hello, Annika, I know how you feel about going into the medical field. There is still that stereotypical idea that men are meant to be the doctors while women are meant to be the nurses or assistance. I think that you hold a great point that we hold power but we always feel like the world is against us so we hold back. I think this has something to do with the fact that we’ve always been put to the side and judged. I also think that the influence of the stories we’ve heard on the news or from people who’ve personally experienced this also holds us back.

This week we’ve gotten into the topic of gender norms and the push for equality for women. I find this topic very interesting as this is an issue women still face today. One of the documents that we read this week that I found really interesting was Sor Juana’s poem “A Philosophical Satire.” This poem called out men and their actions toward women. In the poem, she used lines such as “if they love, they are deceived, if they love not, hear you complain” and “t hough for a wife you want a Lucrece, in lovers you prefer Thais.” Using these antitheses, Juana is able to show a better picture of how men act towards women. Men viewed women as objects and “things” to control and wanted something they couldn’t have. They wanted a woman who was pure yet had experience and that was where their view was skewed. Today, this ideality is not seen as much but it still doesn’t mean it’s not there. Women have to be vigilant and aware of what’s going on around them at all times. They have to dress a cer

  Hello Emma, I really enjoyed reading your thoughts on Cortez. Your thoughts made me start thinking about what if none of these people were glorified. Would history be the same as we know it or would parts of history that we don’t know about be revealed? 

This week we read “Royal Commentaries of the Incas” and I found the document to be very intriguing. Inca Garcilaso being of both Inca and Spanish cultures brought both sides of the story in his writing. With this writing, Garcilaso hoped to give a clearer view of Inca and Spanish history in an authentic way. To do this he brings in both the Spanish and Inca views of history. In the beginning, he states, “I declare that I shall simply tell tales I imbibed … and those I have since request from my own relatives … but will [also] recount the same things the Spanish historians have written…” When comparing this piece to other pieces we have read such as the Cortezs’ letter there is a clear difference between the writing. Cortez had a clear purpose in mind when writing his letter but Garcilaso just wanted to give an authentic view of history for both the Incas and the Spanish. Clearly, Cortez has something to gain for himself when writing his letter, but Garcilaso just wanted to give a cle