'Borderlands Gloria Anzaldua\r'

'Imagine rescue twenty-four hours Mexico, in that location argon umpteen popular Mexican staples that can come to mind i. e tacos, agile weather, and pesos. How ever, when you take a closer look at their glossiness it is clear that the Mexican people are rattling religious. More specifi adjurey they are very connected to the Virgen de Guadelupe. The Virgen is depicted each over Mexico and is wholeness of their most celebrated and loved saints. The Virgen de Guadelupe originates from Coatlicue The Aztecs, a twelfth cytosine CE refining, were very religious and worshiped many a nonher(prenominal) gods and goddesses.\r\nThe ritual sacrifices that took place in the Aztec confederation influenced their perfunctory lives. The Aztec’s were highly spiritual, always inspired and taught by the gods and goddesses, for which they were the creators of the earth and life. â€Å"The earliest is Coatlicue, or â€Å" snake Skirt. ” She had a human skull or serpent for a head, a necklace of human hearts, a skirt of twisted serpents and armed feet,” (Anzaldua 49). She was a woman, an dry land Goddess, the beholder of in tot totallyy. â€Å"Coatlicue, Lady of the Serpent Skirt, contained and balanced the dualities of male and female, light and dark, life and death,” (Anzaldua 54).\r\nSince Coatlicue possesses these dualities she consisted of everything and in turn hires all. â€Å"She is the central deity connecting us to our Indian ancestory” (Anzaldua 49). Of the many rituals performed by the Aztecs, only sacrifices would please her. The Spaniards embarked into the Aztec civilization during the 15th century CE. They were disgusted by the Aztec 2sacrifices, considering them barbaric. The Spaniards indomitable to disregard this ancient religion. â€Å"Coatlicue, the serpent goddess, and her more benighted aspects, Tlazolteotl and Cihuacoatl, were â€Å"darkened” and disem strengthed much in the same look as he Indi an Kali” (Anzaldua 49). Coatilicue became the well m some other, split from her dark guises. The Spaniards along with the Church act to split her. What they were doing was desexing Coatlicue; her dualities were never discussed again. The manifestation of this change is now called la Virgen de Guadalupe. Coatlicue is embodied in all of us. I pure tone that she is in everything around us as well.\r\nThis is because she is slap-up and evil; light and dark. What the Spaniards did was hide half of her. Letting only the good shine done and thus being unfaithful to the true Earth Goddess. Then there is the Antigua, somebody who is a great figure, more of a divine presence. I guess this is my connection with Coatlicue, the serpent woman, with la Virgen de Guadalupe, with what people call goddesses” (Anzaldua 241). The divine presence is what Gloria Anzaldua smacks in spite of appearance her soul. She has unleashed a trench yearning that she has known her whole life. à ¢â‚¬Å"The loss of a sense of dignity and respect in the macho breeds a false machismo which leads him to put down women and in time to brutalize them. Coexisting with his sexist behavior is a love for the mother which takes precedence over that of all others.\r\nDevoted son, macho pig. To wash down the pathos of his acts, of his very being, and to handle the brute in the mirror, he takes to the bottle, the snort, the removele, and the fist,” (Anzaldua 105). The westward culture has morphed men into the almighty power. When Coatlicue ruled, women were highly regarded and men didn’t have superior attitudes. Since Coatlicue has been desexed and hide amongst the â€Å"voodoo” worshipers that we all laugh at today, there has been a study shift of power that was not for the greater good.\r\nI feel that if the 21st century can ask their inner Coatlicue this wouldn’t be common among men. This is because Coatlicue doesn’t allow this and men would be a shamed to put down a woman. enter day, many men think that its their duty to â€Å" damp the pants” in the family. Our dominant male society has caused women to become suppressed. Women still don’t gather equal pay and are pressured into a caretaker parting in the household. The most upsetting aspect is that 50 years ago it was even worse and the promote women have strived for has only recently been accredited. Breaking the scrap ceiling” is a common term amongst work women philosophy. However, I feel that there wouldn’t be a glass ceiling to break if Coatlicue was present in our lives. Anzaldua struggles with her many identities; her homosexuality is one which caused major conflict within herself and family. â€Å"We are ashamed that we neediness your good opinion, that we need your acceptance. We can no long-lasting camouflage our needs, can no longitudinal permit defenses and fences spr turn up around us. We can no longer withdraw” (Anz aldua 110).\r\nFeeling this resentment towards your culture and your family is a huge struggle. Like many other homosexuals, Anzaldua wants to be accepted. It would be comforting to know that no liaison what you were accepted. Sadly, this is not how our culture is and many of us, bid Anzaldua, feel rejected. Coatlicue was the one who gave her strength when she was down and when Anzaldua needed her Coatlicue was there. Coatlicue accepts all; this is because she embodies everything and is not the good mother virgin that we are all accustomed too. Coatlicue is true to life and accepts the good and the bad. I am cultureless because, as a feminist, I challenge the collective cultural/ religious male-derived beliefs of Indo-Hispanics and Anglos; until now I am cultured because I am participating in the creation of yet another(prenominal) culture, a new story to explain the population and our participation in it, a new cling to system with images and symbols that connect us to each ot her and to the planet,” ( Anzaldua 102,103). Coatlicue is all cultures and this is why Anzaldua gravitates toward her in so many ways. Coatlicue doesn’t shun homosexuals or mixed races.\r\nThis is because she accepts all life, Coatlicue looks beyond these superficial traits and looks inside of you to see who you rattling are. This freedom to be whoever allows everyone to express themselves freely. Anzaldua is drawn to this in particular because she has a lot of distinct qualities that the western culture looks down on. Coatlicue allows Anzaldua to be herself free of guilt or shame. Anzaldua has a place with Coatlicue and everyone who believes in her spirit. â€Å"The mestizo and the itch exist at this time and point on the evolutionary continuum for a purpose. We are a portmanteau that proves that all blood is ntricately woven together, and that we are spawned out of similar souls,” (Anzaldua 107). This is inspired from the meaning of Coatlicue. Anzaldua has a hazard to overcome the obstacles she feels within herself. Globally we need to accept this because as time passes we result all coalesce into a melting pot… to not accept one of us, is the same as all of us, because we are all one of the same. Coatlicue is the heart of expressing yourself and the Aztecs understood the power of this message. No matter who you are there is a point in your life that you feel alone, left field out, or different.\r\nDuring this time of stuggle is when you can reach for Coatlicue. She will accept you and not be disgusted with you like western culture. At times like these I wish I had Coatlicue. I feel as if knowing about Coatlicue I am a stonger person. As a Roman Catholic I have always felt that having the Virgin bloody shame’s grace and love was unobtainable. It’s not realistic to say you will never sin, never hate, never have any evil. Coatlicue is the true pretence of who and what we are. This is because we all have good and evil within us and Coatlicue is that. Gloria Anzaldua didn’t intend on stir or captivating the public.\r\nThis naive way of writing, at some points almost talking to herself, is what I wish the most. This style of writing is very true to her and all that she discussed. With this, the outcome of Borderlands had a greater effect than Gloria ever thought. Especially when published within a western culture that doesn’t accept much. This acceptance shows the need people want to change, grow, and overcome these man-made obstacles make hundreds of years ago. Gloria’s book will ride out to inspire countless generations and I truly feel that time will allow Coatlicue to rise again.\r\n'