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After reading the two chapters on marriage, mostly in New Mexico, by Ramon Gutierrez I noticed some parallels that still exist in today's American families. Often, children still rely on their parents to agree on a proposed marriage (this is starting to die and in some cases is completely ignored), also people still tend to marry within their race (also dieing down as more people marry whoever they wish regardless of race, ethnicity, etc...), people still tend to marry within their own class, and churches still have a lot of say so, but not absolute anymore. With the church bit, many of them still go through rigourous 'are you right for each other' process and 'should we marry you' process. However, people can now get 'married' in the courthouse where they sign a paper stating they aren't related but by so much (hey, first cousins can marry in VA... so it depends on the state)and/org submit a blood test to show if there are any diseases. I just thought it interesting how some of the traditions still persist today. --Ashley Wilkins | After reading the two chapters on marriage, mostly in New Mexico, by Ramon Gutierrez I noticed some parallels that still exist in today's American families. Often, children still rely on their parents to agree on a proposed marriage (this is starting to die and in some cases is completely ignored), also people still tend to marry within their race (also dieing down as more people marry whoever they wish regardless of race, ethnicity, etc...), people still tend to marry within their own class, and churches still have a lot of say so, but not absolute anymore. With the church bit, many of them still go through rigourous 'are you right for each other' process and 'should we marry you' process. However, people can now get 'married' in the courthouse where they sign a paper stating they aren't related but by so much (hey, first cousins can marry in VA... so it depends on the state)and/org submit a blood test to show if there are any diseases. I just thought it interesting how some of the traditions still persist today. --Ashley Wilkins | ||
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| + | This reading really reminds me of stuff that I read for Spanish history last semester. All the stuff in this article (protecting women's honor, seducing women with false promises of marriage, higher class men sexually exploiting lower class women, themes of the danger of love, etc) was all in the Spanish literature. I think it is interesting to see these elements of Spanish culture transplanted in America. -- Rebecca | ||
I thought the juxtaposition of Hispanic families against the Anglo Family ideal, from Sarah Deutsch's ''No Separate Refuge'' was very interesting. Women were at the center of marriage and the village. Particularly interesting were inheritance rights were women had even over their children. This struck me as particularly unusual as compared to rules of primogeniture followed by most Anglos. -Lacey | I thought the juxtaposition of Hispanic families against the Anglo Family ideal, from Sarah Deutsch's ''No Separate Refuge'' was very interesting. Women were at the center of marriage and the village. Particularly interesting were inheritance rights were women had even over their children. This struck me as particularly unusual as compared to rules of primogeniture followed by most Anglos. -Lacey | ||
