Latina poetry as an expression of cultural heritae, heritage of cultural america
Which of the following lines from "The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica" best develops a longing for the past?
A. a "glorious return" to Havana-where no one/ has been allowed to die and nothing to change until then
Read the passage from "Child of the Americas." I am Caribeña, island grown. Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips: the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands. The words "garlic and mangoes" in this passage are
A. sensory images illustrating the speaker's island heritage
Read the passage from "The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica." all wanting the comfort of spoken Spanish, to gaze upon the family portrait of her plain wide face, her ample bosom resting on her plump arms, her look of maternal interest as they speak to her and each other of their dreams and their disillusions— The word choice in this passage describes
XXX C.
Read the passage from "Child of the Americas." I am not african. Africa is in me, but I cannot return. I am not taína. Taíno is in me, but there is no way back. I am not european. Europe lives in me, but I have no home there. What does this passage reveal about the speaker of the poem?
b. it shows tht she lost touch with her heritage because her ancestors were immigrant
Read the passage from "Child of the Americas." I am Caribeña, island grown. Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips: the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands. Based on the imagery in the passage, how does the speaker feel when she is speaking Spanish?
b. proud and expressive
How is the speaker's point of view in the poem "Child of the Americas" used to explore cultural identity?
c. The first-person point of view allows her to claim ownership of her own cultural identity.
In the poem "The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica," which description suggests that the speaker is fond of the shopkeeper?
c. the womens look of maternal interest as othrs talk
Read the passage from "Child of the Americas." I am of Latinoamerica, rooted in the history of my continent: I speak from that body. In these two lines, the speaker is showing how
culture is embedded in a persons identity
Read the passage from "The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica." she is the Patroness of Exiles... who spends her days selling canned memories while listening to the Puerto Ricans complain that it would be cheaper to fly to San Juan than to buy a pound of Bustelo coffee here, and to Cubans perfecting their speech of a "glorious return" to Havana... to Mexicans who pass through, talking lyrically of dólares to be made in El Norte— The Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Mexicans in the passage help to create the image that the woman who runs the deli speaks many languages.
d. Latin america is very diverse
Which excerpt from "Child of the Americas" contains imagery that expresses how language becomes part of the speaker's physical identity?
d. Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips:
