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As I note on the syllabus, the Exam #3 will be all essay. The nature of the materials covered on this exam means that you've got to have a general familiarity with the primary texts, movements, etc. in order to do well. This is the final exam, so you'll be asked to make some comparisons to other units of the course, too.

Key Concepts

• Puerto Rican history (of colonialism with Spain and US -- know specifics like Jones Act, Operation Bootstrap, Commonwealth status, etc.)
• Puerto Rican politics in the US (Los Pioneros, "young turks," Young Lords Organization/Party, etc.)
• Young Lords development and principles (e.g., Program and Platform, their version of nationalism, and their stance on gender equality)
• History of gender struggle in the Young Lords (lecture -- be sure you've read their position paper [in the Reader] too).
• Radical ethnic nationalism (Ogbar)
• Intersectional rhetoric (Enck-Wanzer)
• Space (Flores & lecture)
• Border (Flores)
• Testimonio (Latina Feminist Group)
• Latinidad (Latina Feminist Group & lecture)
• Papelitos guardados
• Know specific ways in which some testimonios (approximately 2 from each unit of the book we read) articulate Latinidad, space, and/or border(lands)
• General familiarity with Real Women Have Curves (film from class)

Sample Essay Questions

• Compare and contrast the nationalism(s) of MEChA and the Young Lords. Aside from one dealing with Chicanos and the other dealing with Boricuas, what specific differences (i.e., rhetorical, political, and historical) are there and what is the significance of those differences? A good answer cites specific examples and engages comcepts from Ogbar an the Muñoz book.
• How would/could Griffin, Simons, Scott & Smith, and McGee each "read" the rhetoric of Latina feminism?
• What can we make of the history of Puerto Ricans in the United States and the significance of that history in making up the rhetorical situation of the Young Lords? A successful answer will deal with specific historical conditions (events, legislation, etc.) as it relates to Bitzer’s rhetorical situation and the rhetoric of the Young Lords.
• Using the concepts from Telling to Live, offer a "read" of Real Women Have Curves as a Latina feminist "text." How does the film, for example, function as one kind of testimonio? How does it articulate themes that arose in the readings you've done?