Key Terms
This term describes the interconnected interests of government and private industry that profit from and support the expansion of incarceration
The Prison Industrial Complex
What is Salma's occupation?
dentist
What kind of business is next to Driss' diner?
a bowling alley
What narrative perspective is "Emergency Skin" and Citizen written in?
second person point of view
What movie intro did we watch as a demonstration of Oreintalism?
Define Orientalism
The iraq war / military
Who killed Driss? whose car was he driving?
A.J. killed driss in his father's car
what word do the founders use to refer to women in "Emergency Skin"?
Pleasurers
the term now connotes the dispersion of any people from their ancestral homeland
Who coined The Prison Industrial Complex?
Angela Davis
Why does Fierro end up in jail?
He vandalized his ex wife's car
What was Anderson's main feud with Driss about?
Parking spaces
What famous athlete does Claudia Rankine write about in Citizen? (Two potential answers; 100 extra points if you get both)
Serena Williams or Zinedine Zidane
What distinguished Arab-Americans from other groups immigrating to the U.S. in the 19th century?
They tended to identify with their nationality, communities, and regions more so than as an ethnic identity
What are two of the four common themes in Postcolonial Literature?
alterity - hybridity - endurance of empire - displacement
She is his adoptive mother - she met his dad right after his mom left the family. She is concerned because he has been acting out, and she suspects he might be gay and struggling with his feelings for a friend.
How does Nora find out that Driss is having an affair?
He had ordered a ring, and the jeweler called to collect payment
How do the women escape the immigration raid in "Poem where no one is deported"?
A rumor that allowed them to plan to stay home
Who coined Oreintalism?
Edward Said
Define Anzaldua's concept of the Borderlands
The notion that by living close to the border, individuals inhabit a third space between cultural norms and traditions and adopt a hybrid culture, which may then alienate them from the two individual cultures.
What other (not Driss) dead man is Efraín haunted by?
His wife's first love, who died, and whom he feels he is constantly compared to
What is the name of the music festival Nora is accepted to and travels to in the novel?
Silverwood
What is the name of this poem and who is the author?
"To Live in the borderlands means you
put chile in the borscht,
eat whole wheat tortillas,
speak Tex-Mex with a Brooklyn accent;
be stopped by la migra at the border checkpoints;"
"To Live in the Borderlands" by Gloria Anzaldúa
What is the name of the condition Nora has that allows her to see sounds?
synesthesia