Through Muxerista Portraiture and a borderlands analysis, I testify the power of stories from women who struggle for a better tomorrow. Implications include the possibilities of Nepantla as a pedagogical framework in teacher education praxis with homegrown, Teachers of Color....
[4] While some Mexican ads showed imagery from one of these categories or another, many combined national and international inspiration, showing both women with braids and those with bobs enjoying a beer, for example. Figure 1 uniquely merges the china poblana and the chica moderna into a ...
like the clergy in this ca. 1846 lithograph who are shown fleeing the Mexican town of Matamoros accompanied by pretty women and baskets full of alcohol. (credit: Library of Congress)
No one I know braids her hair like this, but I do, I have a thick heavy braid. Would I braid it like this if I wasn’t Mexican? I don’t know. Like the narrator Julia (pronounced Whoo-li-a) in Erika L. Sanchez’s book, I used to love going to bookstores and browsing. Wher...
The use of Tlacoyales in their braids was unique; I did not see that in other villages. The blouse on the top right is similar to embroidery in Coapantla, which could mean this woman was from Coapantla or just liked the style. She spoke no Spanish so it was hard to find out much...
In addition, a trenzas de identidades m煤ltiples (braids of multiple identities) perspective was used helped conceptualize and categorize persistence factors surrounding and intersecting with culture, family, educational resources, and immigrant experiences; six themes emerged from this study: (a) ...