During the Enlightenment in Europe and The Americas the Hispanic Baroque that covers from the year 1600 to the year 1750 approximately. This time period, as opposed to the Renaissance, was an era where the feelings of distrust, disappointment, and pessimism was always present. A very important and recognized author of the Hispanic Baroque was Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz because of her defense of women’s intellectual rights against men (Puchner, 68). Sor Juana is mostly known for her Respuesta a Sor Filotea, which where she defends women to receive an education, and to be treated equally. During the Hispanic Baroque there were ethical, moral, and social aspects or issues. An ethical aspect was self representation, but because people wanted to make themselves a better representation there was a lack of modesty. A moral aspect of that time period was that men were to be …show more content…
Sor Juana She was also the first woman to make fun of men in her poem of You men, or also known as Foolish Men. It is said that “She is best known for her spirited defense of women’s intellectual rights in The Poet’s Answer to the Most Illustrious Sor Filotea de la Cruz,” which gives us more of an insight of Sor Juana’s was feeling, and what she was committed to do for women. (Puchner, 68). Her most known work has been Respuesta a Sor Filotea where she was accredited as the first feminist of the world. “Sor Juana breaks the stereotype of the writer nun in other ways. Nearly all her religious writings are intended to reach beyond the convent walls,” meaning that just because she was a nun, and lived in a convent did not mean that Sor Juana would allow herself to be suppressed, and her writing were also sand during mass in the church of Mexico City (Kirk,
During this time period women were not respected at all and were belittled by all med in their lives. Even though men don’t appreciate what women they still did as they were told. In particular, “Women have an astoundingly long list of responsibilities and duties – th...
In the book, Giovanni and Lusanna, by Gene Bucker, he discusses the scandalous actions of a Florentine woman taking a wealthy high status man to court over the legality of their marriage. Published in 1988, the book explains the legal action taken for and against Lusanna and Giovanni, the social affects placed on both persons throughout their trial, and the roles of both men and women during the time. From the long and complicated trial, it can be inferred that women’s places within Florentine society were limited compared to their male counterparts and that women’s affairs should remain in the home. In this paper, I will examine the legal and societal place of women in Florentine society during the Renaissance. Here, I will argue that women were the “merchandise” of humanity and their main objective was to produce sons.
La autora Alfonsina Storni se presenta con su feminismo indirecto en su ensayo titulado “Autodemolición;” no escribe sus opiniones directamente, los describe sarcásticos, con ironía, y lo opuesto a la realidad. Storni era muy inteligente y sabia mostrar una visión feminista. Esto se ve muchísimo en carta de Sor Juana en la “Carta a Sor Filotea.”
Sor Juana and Julia de Burgos did not simply stop at acknowledging the problem at hand. Rather, these two strong and powerful female figures made drastic strides in correcting the problems of male oppression and female subservience. Although from different regions of the world and from different time periods, the writings of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and Julia de Burgos have influenced Latin American writers such as Rosario Castellanos and they continue to impact the feminist movement. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz’s upbringing greatly influenced her character. In 1648, Juana was born illegitimately in the town of San Miguel de Nepantla, located southeast of Mexico City (Trueblood 2-3).
Rosario Castellanos was born during the takeoff of feminism. She was determined to go through life differently than her mother and grandmother did. Castellanos was greatly influenced by exploring past generations, but she was also influenced by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Sor Juana’s work shows how self-education convinces women to feel accepted and important regardless of what society says. Rosario Castellanos was greatly influenced by Sor Juana de la Cruz, and thus Castellanos’ works reflect her support for women in education, but in a more humorous sense. One of Castellanos’ short stories, “Culinary Lesson”, illustrates Rosario Castellanos’ firm belief that women should be educated and do things outside of the home; her influences came from her early life and from her studies of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Castellanos’, Culinary Lesson, is a continuation of Sor Juana’s, “The Self, the World”, except with an added twist of humor and sarcasm.
To begin with, the structure of Kirk’s article could be divided into three parts. The first part is the introduction of Sor Juana’s background and her achievements. Krik(2008:38) argues that Juana’s uses the vocabulary and the issue of pain and suffering in order to ‘establish an intimate connection between the female physical pain and the acquisition of knowledge.’ In addition, Krik also mentions that female’s opinion does not get enough respect. This suggested in Sor Juana opinions in her works that some nuns are compulsory to be asceticism and are obedient to the ecclesiastical authorities.
During the late 19th century and early 20th century, a form of Mexican folk music called the corrido gained popularity along the Mexico-Texan border (Saldívar). Growing from the Spanish romance tradition, the corrido is a border ballad “that arose chronicling the history of border conflicts and its effects on Mexican-Mexican culture” (Saldívar). A sort of “oral folk history,” the corrido was studied intensely by Américo Paredes, who then constructed his masterpiece, George Washington Gomez, around the “context and theme” of the corrido (Mendoza 146). But the novel is not a traditional corrido, in which the legendary hero defends his people and dies for his honor. Instead, through its plot, characterization, and rhetorical devices, George Washington Gomez is an anti-corrido.
One of the similarities is the right to inherit property, and sell goods in the marketplace. She was under patria potestad until the age of 25, because she was illegitimate child, and her grandfather has passed away, she was sent to live with her maternal aunt’s family in Mexico City (2). Sor Juana wrote about the promise-to-marry plight of women in her poem Hombres necios que acusais describing how men seduce women and blame the woman for the indiscretion (5). Gauderman describes the Convent as an asylum for women to escape the life of a married women, which was exactly why Sor Juana joined a Convent (Gauderman 37). Sor Juana did not go to the courts for justice for women’s rights, she wrote about
Her chief arguing points and evidence relate to the constriction of female sexuality in comparison to male sexuality; women’s economic and political roles; women’s access to power, agency, and land; the cultural roles of women in shaping their society; and, finally, contemporary ideology about women. For her, the change in privacy and public life in the Renaissance escalated the modern division of the sexes, thus firmly making the woman into a beautiful
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In Spain and the Spanish colonies in South America in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, gender roles were distinct and the opportunity gap was enormous. Catalina de Erauso compares the two roles through her memoir, “Lieutenant Nun,” where she recounts her life as a transvestite in both the new and old world. Through having experienced the structured life of a woman as well as the freedom involved in being a man, de Erauso formed an identity for herself that crossed the boundaries of both genders. Catalina de Erauso’s life demonstrates the gap in freedom and opportunity for women, as compared to men, in the areas of culture, politics and economy, and religion.
For hundreds of years, women are fighting a war of inequality in the male dominated society. Heather Savigny addressed a very important question in her article, what is Feminism? By definition, “Feminism” is a moment started by women to end inequality in all fields of society. Women in the society started this protest to gain rights that were deprived by the males in the society. A feminist can be a normal person who fights against the discrimination on based on sex, age and gender. The feminist movement is very important in our society, to protect women for sexual harassment and violence. To fight this problem, and to find a possible way to end it, many great writers wrote very influential poems and stories. A very few writers who chose to
Soon after the Bishop of Pubela reads one of her letters, he publishes it (without her knowing), and she responds with a respectful yet sarcastic letter (Lawall and Chinua 155-156). Cruz’s “Reply to Sor Filotea de la Cruz” was written during the period of Enlightenment of Europe (1660- 1770). This era in Europe cast an opaque shadow over women’s rights to educate themselves and self-expression. Sor Juana’s piece however is both inspirational and empowering for every woman.... ...
This paper will analyze and compare two paintings, one from the Baroque period against another from the Realism period. I will analyze and compare An Old Woman Cooking Eggs by Diego Velazquez of Spain, and The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet of France. An Old Woman Cooking Eggs was painted in 1618 and The Gleaners was created in 1857. Both paintings originated in Europe but over 200 years apart, and seem to have common characteristics. They show the same realistic views of everyday lives of people but in two different time periods of culture, social and moral values (nationalgalleries.com). The Spanish piece reflects Diego Velazquez’s life experience in the streets of Seville Spain while the French portrait reveals Jean-François Millet’s life growing up in a farming community. Both painters and paintings inspired by their upbringing symbolize everyday living by depicting different types of societies and visual elements of the period as portrayed on the work, and perhaps how it was viewed by society then and how the works are viewed by our society today. The similarity between Millet and Velazquez on their subjects are common: they both liked to paint the everyday life of ordinary people or peasants. Lastly, I will identify the similarities and differences between An Old Woman Cooking Eggs and The Gleaners. For purposes of this investigative essay, I will identify at least one similarity and one difference between the two works and explain their significance.
The Latin American music scene is an amazingly diverse, engaging and entertaining music culture. Thomas (2011) explains, “…Latin American music has engaged in ongoing dialogue and cultural exchange that has profoundly affected music making in Europe and the United States and, more recently, in Africa and Asia as well”. This paper will be describing different aspects of the music culture from its musical features, to the historical aspect of this interesting music culture. Also, I will discuss a personal experience with Latin American music. After researching the music culture, I attended a concert performed by Boogat, an Emmy award nominated Latin American musician from Quebec who has toured all over North America. Latin American music culture