The Intersectionality of a Purepecha (Tarascan) by Florencia Perez Bravo

Gender Role

fpere052_ — 2023-11-27 21:52:55 UTC

Purepecha gender roles consist on a role where men have the control over the women. Not only that, but women have to get marry at a certain age if they don't marry at the age of 17 men no longer wants them because they believed they aren't virgin anymore. Wee see how men take over the power of a woman. In the article " Excerpts of Gender Bodies: Feminist Perspectives" by Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore relates to it when they mentioned how the development and perpetuation of hierarchy gender and a dominance system that favors men over women.

Ethnicity: Tarascan Mexican

fpere052_ — 2023-11-27 22:10:36 UTC

The Purépecha ethnicity is indigenous they come from a Mexican state of Michoacán, Mexico. They have a unique linguistic identity. Their dialect is " Purépecha". They speak Spanish but majority of the times is their dialect they use. Not only that, their clothing and artistic expressions is what distinguish them as tarascan. Intersectionality is see here because of their ethnicity and their connection to their ancestral lands.

Santa Cecilia de Ichan

fpere052_ — 2023-11-27 22:20:12 UTC

The Purepechas are into a religious belief system who worship Santa Cecilia de Ichan and La Virgen de Guadalupe. They worship them by taking a band to its church and dance to the Virgen. They believed in them because they are strong women who have helped them in every aspect. However, this still relates to intersectionality in culture.

Social Class/Working Class

fpere052_ — 2023-11-27 22:30:25 UTC

Majority of this Purepecha "Tarascan" people live in low income households. They work in the agricultural fields while they have their children in school so they can achieve a better education. The Purépechas fits in with intersectionality in which their gender and socio-economic status allows them to only work there. We se the marginalization and discrimination they experience due to the social class working and language barriers.

Discrimination

fpere052_ — 2023-11-27 22:39:02 UTC

Purepecha's people are often discriminated by other people specially by Latinos. I have heard how Hispanic people call them "Chacas" a term that means they are dirty or not dress well enough. They call them like that based on their clothing. not only that, sometimes they are call "witches" and people stereotype them as mean people. This relates in some point to the Interview " Pocho or Chicano" where people sometimes don't fit in because of the way they are characterize. In relation to the Purepechas, they make them feel that they don't fit in our hispanic community.