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I really enjoyed this passage because it shed light on an area that women are not typically portrayed as being a part of. Gambling, dancing and the general atmosphere and persona attributed to running a saloon are typically male dominated spheres (even today most women who work there or are seen doing these types of things are looked at as "loose" or simply atypical. It was interesting to read about a woman who broke the mold back then and who probably would have the same effect in certain areas of the US today. --jmarshal | I really enjoyed this passage because it shed light on an area that women are not typically portrayed as being a part of. Gambling, dancing and the general atmosphere and persona attributed to running a saloon are typically male dominated spheres (even today most women who work there or are seen doing these types of things are looked at as "loose" or simply atypical. It was interesting to read about a woman who broke the mold back then and who probably would have the same effect in certain areas of the US today. --jmarshal | ||
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| + | What I found significant in this reading is not just the Euro-American recognition of a similar drive in Barcelo and the contrast of Spanish-American society with Anglo attitudes towards women, but the language Gonzalez uses throughout her narrative. "She symbolized as well how an older community handled the arrival of men from a new, young nation still seeking to tap markets and find a route to the Pacific. . . . Yet in giving herself to the conquest . . . .” (258) this is the kind of gendered language that is the mainstay of historical narratives—women and conquered nations as passive beings that are acted upon by younger, more virile nations. It’s surprising that a female historian, whether feminist in outlook or not, would continue to use such language. -schang | ||
== Susan Shelby Magoffin’s diary about her first days in Santa Fe, 1846 == | == Susan Shelby Magoffin’s diary about her first days in Santa Fe, 1846 == | ||
