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Las Senoras: From funds of knowledge to self-discovery Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic) Authors Gonzalez-Angiulo, Hilda, 1960- Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 08/10/2021 02:13:16 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288787 INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter &ce, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. 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Contact UMI directly to order. UMI A Bell & Ifowell Infonnation Company 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Aibor MI 48106-1346 USA 313/761-4700 800/521-0600 % LAS SENORAS: FROM FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE TO SELF DISCOVERY by Hilda Gonz^ez Angiulo Copyright © Hilda Gonz^ez Angiulo 1998 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE, READING & CULTURE In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 1998 UMI Number: 9829331 Copyright 1998 by- Gonzalez-Angiulo, Hilda All rights reserved. UMI Microform 9829331 Copyright 1998, by UMI Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. UMI 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, MI 48103 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ® GRADUATE COLLEGE As members of the Final Examination Committee, we certify that we have read the dissertation prepared by Hilda Gonzalez Angiulo entitled Las Senoras: From Funds of Knowlprfop tn SPIF nigrr.TroT-y and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy tuis CC /loll, Bh.D. Date TOyKkiAJU Jpiv AG-j^Andrade. Ph.D. Date jlehg lichard R. Rui^, Ph.D. Date Kenireth Man, Ph.D. Date y/ Arminda tevilla, Ph.D Date Carol Evans, Ph.D. Dat Final approval and acceptance of this dissertation is contingent upon the candidate's submission of the final copy of the dissertation to the Graduate College. I hereby certify that I have read this dissertation prepared under my direction and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement. J1 Dissertation Ddlrector (J) 1 Date Luis C. Moll, PH.D. Rosi A. C. Andrade, Ph.Dr 3 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This dissertation has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at The University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowe rs under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this dissertadon are allowable without special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgment of source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the copyright holder. SIGNED: 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to acknowledge the guidance and support given to me during the writing of this dissertation, more recently, and the preparation prior to the writing. Dr. Luis C. Moll has been not only my academic mentor, but also a guiding force in the formation of my present thinking. I especially want to thank Rosi Andrade for sharing her talents with me. Since the beginning of my graduate work, Rosi served as a mentor, not only sharing courses, books, ideas, but more importantly believing always in me. Our eternal discussions always awoke my interest to continue reading, questioning, inquiring, and writing. Just like in El Club de Literatura, our friendship supported me in the many different stages of my professional and person^ life. The time we dedicated to foster this relationship was always available for our mutual discoveries. I also want to thank the other committee members. Dr. Richard Ruiz and Dr. Ken Goodman who influenced my thinking with the readings that they suggested for me. Dr. Arminda Fuentevilla provided the mirror of literature to continue discovering new paths and offering them as tools for Las Senoras to discover themselves. Dr. Carol Evans offered a vision of hope in the education career by inviting young students to listen to what a group of mothers have to say about education. I also wish to thank Dr. Avelina C. Tmjillo, my friend, colleague and supervisor who always believe in my work and provided the conditions to foster this dissertation. I wish to acknowledge all my friends "las otras" for their support and understanding whenever I needed a hand with my children. Finally, I wish to acknowledge the contributions of Las Senoras who participated in this study, without whom my understanding of Mexican women's lives and consequently my own, would be impossible. DEDICATION For Rachele and Caroline, my daughters, for whom I hope to create a better world. This work represents hours that my two children gave me to collaborate to the field of women's lives. For "nosotras las otras" all women who lived before and influenced each one of us. Dedicated especially for my mother Lupita Gallegos Bustamante for her encouragement and for my father Ramon Gonzalez Rios for allowing me to fly away. 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES 10 ABSTRACT II PROLOGUE 14 1. INTRODUCTION 15 1.1 Statement of Problem 15 1.2 Statement of Purpose 20 1.3 Research Questions 21 1.4 Definition of Terms 21 1.5 Theoretical Grounding 22 PART I; LITERATURE REVIEW: AN INQUIRY IN SEARCH OF A PEDAGOGUE 24 2. Bilingual Curriculum 27 2.1 Summary 34 2.2 Conclusion 35 3. Literacy in Educational Context 37 3.1 Traditional Contexts for Literacy Education 38 3.2 Holistic Contexts for Literacy Education 39 3.3 Summary 45 3.4 Conclusion 47 4. The Problem of Literacy 51 4.1 Summary 58 4.2 Conclusion 61 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS - Continued 5. Women's Participation in School and Society 65 5.1 Summary 81 5.2 Conclusion 82 PART II: PHILOSOPHICAL, THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ORIENTATION 86 A Phenomenology of Women's Lives 88 6. A Phenomenological Approach 90 6.1 Summary 92 6.2 Conclusion 93 7. The Phenomenology of the Dissertation 96 7.1 Las Senoras 100 7.2 The Setting 103 7.3 Data Collection Procedures 104 7.4 Summary 105 7.5 Conclusion 107 PART III: THE SETTING AND THE MAIN CHARACTERS 108 8. The Friendship of Women 110 8.1 Summary 121 8.2 Conclusion 123 9. Las Senoras y El Club de Literatura: What does Personal Development have to do with Literacy? 125 9.1 El Club de Literatura 125 9.2 El Naranio. o los Circulos del Tiempo 128 9.3 Summary 136 9.4 Conclusion 137 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS - Continued PART IV: LAS DESAPARECIDAS: WOMEN IN SOCIETY 144 10. Coming North, the Role of Immigration 146 10.1 Yahaira 152 10.2 Cassandra 154 10.3 Summary 156 10.4 Conclusion 158 11. A Sense of Loss: Margo, the Reality of Deportation 161 11.1 Summary 166 11.2 Conclusion 168 12. Cassandra: Me Llamo Nadie, Losing and Renaming an Identity: 171 12.1 The Fall 178 12.2 The Descent, Mafia's Love, A Family of Misfits 182 12.3 Summary 185 12.4 Conclusion 188 PART V: RELIGION AND FEMALE ROLE MODELS 190 13. Understanding the Mexican Trinity of Womanhood: Coatlicue, La Malinche and La Virgen de Guadalupe 191 13.1 Coatlicue 195 13.2 La Malinche 197 13.3 La Virgen de Guadalupe 200 13.4 Summary 202 13.5 Conclusion 203 14. Religious Socialization and Gender: Defining the Confines of the Mexican Woman 205 14.1 Religion and Marriage 206 14.2 Religion and Violence 209 14.3 Religion and Health 215 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS - Continued 14.4 Religion and Motherhood 216 14.5 Religion and Legal Status 218 14.6 Summary 220 14.7 Conclusion 221 PART VI: LITERARY DISCOURSE AND FOLK KNOWLEDGE IN EL CLUB DE LITERATURA 225 15. Reading as an Act of Understanding 226 15.1 Playing with Literacy 229 15.2 Priscila 231 15.3 Yahaira 233 15.4 Summary: Literacy for Social Action 236 15.5 Conclusion 237 16. Folk Medicinal Knowledge 241 16.1 Summary 254 16.2 Conclusion 256 PART VII: FINDINGS OF A PEDAGOGUE 258 17. The Silenced Years: A Narrative Account on Becoming a Woman 259 17.1 Native in the Homeland 261 17.2 Growing up with Books 264 17.3 Immigrant in a Foreign Land 269 17.4 Summary 271 17.5 Conclusion 274 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS - Continued 18.