Category Archives: Jenessy

San Miguel

I’m presenting tomorrow on lo’ palo and really hope everyone is open minded. I am aware of the negative connotations any religion besides Christianity holds not only in the US but even in Dominican Republic (I will talk a bit … Continue reading

Posted in Individual Research Journal, Jenessy | Leave a comment

Lo’ Palo

I completely changed my paper and am SO happy I did. I’ve been writing about Dominican migration for the entire semester for 290 and decided to write about something that I can learn more about and love, music. In particular, … Continue reading

Posted in Individual Research Journal, Jenessy | Leave a comment

Hybridity and Postmodernism

The articles written by Bhabha, Klor de Alva and Stoddard and Cornwell can all be classified as a postmodern or poststructuralist.  This kind of approach to cultural studies and understanding identities tends to look at smaller details that make up … Continue reading

Posted in Cafe Discussion, Carina, Christina, Jenessy | Leave a comment

Some Lingering Thoughts and Ideas of “Sex Machine”

This week I will be talking about the article that our group did the presentation on, Sex Machine.  It will be more of a wrap up blog since we could not get to everything we wanted to due to the … Continue reading

Posted in Cafe Discussion, Carina, Christina, Jenessy | Leave a comment

Junot Diaz Talks Citizenship, Education & Immigration On The Colbert Report

http://www.uptowncollective.com/2013/03/27/junot-diaz-talks-citizenship-education-immigration-on-the-colbert-report/

Posted in Individual Research Journal, Jenessy, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

note to self: sit down with all the research this weekend and take a good look at what you have. I’m started to feel lost from the original research idea and really need to “settle down” with the research I … Continue reading

Posted in Individual Research Journal, Jenessy | Leave a comment

Interview with Hilda Fournier

Here is the transcript for my  interview with Dominican-American student Hilda Fournier. We spoke about issues concerning Dominican identity, compared and contrasted “Dominican-ness” in New York City to Dominican Republic, and she shared her own views on what it means … Continue reading

Posted in Individual Research Journal, Jenessy, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

“Your identity changes when people perceive you differently.”

Today our group discussed Judith Butler’s piece Gender & Sexuality. It was sort of an extended version of our class discussion on Thursday. We started off speaking about how we felt about the articles. Tina said she felt it was … Continue reading

Posted in Cafe Discussion, Carina, Christina, Jenessy | Leave a comment

Junot Diaz on issues faced by first & second generation Dominicans

Junot Diaz video link This video can potentially be helpful for my paper because Junot Diaz is very well-known for his bluntness towards admitting issues he faced as a Dominican immigrant and that is exactly what I want to write … Continue reading

Posted in Individual Research Journal, Jenessy | 1 Comment

Who are we?

For our café discussion this week we discussed “Freeing South Africa: The ‘Modernization’ of Male-Male Sexuality in Soweto” by Donald L. Donham. It was a really interesting one that brought up people’s conflicts with identity and it being placed upon … Continue reading

Posted in Cafe Discussion, Carina, Christina, Jenessy | Leave a comment