Chicano Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Parable realistic and has a moral Legend exaggerated story about people Myth literary sub genre of a story that involves gods and heroes, usually expressing a cultures ideals Folktale language of the people, does not need a moral, and main purpose is to entertain Fairytales element of magic, usually follows a pattern, and presents an "ideal", may contain "magic 3" or "stereotyping" Fable non-realistic, has a moral, and animals are often the main character Fable Aesop- "The Fox and t...

Homework 7 Solutions March 2, 2018 Chapter 6.5. Exercise 6.5.1. If there are two noninteracting populations, one of which is growing at 20% a year and the other at 25% a year, derive the matrix that describes the dynamics of the system and simulate a trajectory of this system. We know that for these two non-interacting populations, A and B, we have: An+1 = An + 20% · An = 1.2 · An Bn+1 = Bn + 25% · Bn = 1.25 · Bn Thus, we have the following equations: An+1 = 1.2 · An + 0 · Bn Bn...

Social Work Macro Practice III / Social Work Macro Practice, 7e Netting, McMurtry, Thomas, Kettner Test Bank for 7th edition of this title. All other Test Bank in the Market are fake/old editions with the wrong edition The authors define "macro practice" as professionally guided: - CORRECT ANSWER-professionally guided interventions designed to bring about change in organizational, community, and/or policy areas Porter Lee (1937) described the micro/macro dual calling of social work ...

Operation Wetback correct answers - 1954 - repatriation program to remove undocumented Mexican immigrants from the SW. - Border patrol began search and seizure of all undocumented immigrants and moved them to the interior of Mexico to prevent them from returning. There were widely publicized sweeps for undocumented immigrants that were similar to the 1930's repatriation drives during the Great Depression. - Includes wide use of publicized groups Significant because it beings the ris...

Hegemony correct answers Dominant groups in society maintain their dominance by persuading minorities to accept dominant moral, political, and cultural values. Hegemony is always being renegotiated/readjusted: to fit the time period and who is being oppressed at that time. EX: Mexican immigrants were considered the ones at the low end of the spectrum while Blacks were upgraded to "white" status during the period of the Mexican Revolution. EX: Buffalo soldiers persuaded by the dominant gro...

Essentialization - CORRECT ANSWER-The process of reducing people and their cultural expressions to a limited set of essential characteristics. Leads to stereotypes Mestizaje - CORRECT ANSWER-The mix of races (Indigenous and Spanish). Understanding of this has changed over time. Types of Performances - CORRECT ANSWER-presentational and participatory (musical vs social) Sesquiáltera - CORRECT ANSWER-Six that alters, shifts in rhythmic accentuation from a two beat stress to a three beat...

Dynamics - volume and articulation of sounds Form - underlying organizational structure of the sounds Texture - phonic structure or relationships between the sounds Pitch - frequency of the tone Timbre - tone or aural color how we can recognize an instrument from their tone Rhythm - duration of sounds and silences and organization of such Elements of Dance - body, effort, time, space Idiophones - vibrations of instruments body Chordophones - vibrations of strings Membraneophones - vibr...

LPA: Midterm Exam How does the term "Latino" group people together? - Group of people tied together by language,cultural values and practices,similar histories in the U.S. and lastly public policies. What is Latino consciousness? - Three components: ---Group identification as a Latinx ---An assessment of Latinx's group status in American society ---Orientation toward collective action on behalf of the Latinx community If Latinxs have those 3 components, they are more engaged politi...

Tour Guide Facts Questions with Accurate Answers Welcoming Statement The University of Minnesota was founded in 1851, seven years before Minnesota achieved statehood. The University was originally a preparatory school, but it became an institution of higher education in 1869 Our official school colors, maroon and gold, were chosen by English Professor Augusta Norwood Smith in 1870 but did not become official until 1940. Our school mascot is Goldy Gopher, which was designed by a man who ...

Goffman makes an effort to define the terms that are the basis of his analysis. All of the following are terms that are central to his dramaturgical analysis, except: - Answer-observation deck Goffman feels that the impressions that a person makes in a social setting and the inferences the audience draws when observing a person are ultimately unimportant aspects of social interaction. - Answer-False What is the most important part of a "front" in a convincing social performance? - Answer...