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Mural ‎La Ofrenda is a dedication to immigrants, political exiles, and all immigrants. Cervántez attempts to put into context the struggles in Latin America in the 70s with the Chicano/Chicana struggle in the US. Common struggle is the theme. Cervántez depicts the positive and transformative role that women play in creating change by having Dolores Huerta be the central figure of the piece. There are references to indigenous spirituality such as the burning the copal and the sage. Rosanna Martin
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Title:
La Ofrenda, 1989
Date Created:
1989
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Mural ‎La Ofrenda is a dedication to immigrants, political exiles, and all immigrants. Cervántez attempts to put into context the struggles in Latin America in the 70s with the Chicano/Chicana struggle in the US. Common struggle is the theme. Cervántez depicts the positive and transformative role that women play in creating change by having Dolores Huerta be the central figure of the piece. There are references to indigenous spirituality such as the burning the copal and the sage. Rosanna Martin
Subjects:
AC Yreina Cervantez Yreina Cervantez Collection 1989 1980s Central American Crisis Yreina D. Cervántez La Ofrenda Dolores Huerta Rosanna Martinez Sara Martinez Mujer Gloria Enedina Alvarez Vende Futuro
Source:
Yreina Cervantes
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"La Ofrenda, 1989", Chicana por mi Raza Digital Memory Collective, Chicana por mi Raza Digital Memory Collective
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https://marcosvdotcom.github.io/chicanapormiraza/items/cb063.html
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