Julia Sanchez's Story: An Indigenous Woman Between Nations
Author: Ramirez, Reyna
Date Published: 2002
This essay examines the complex life story of a Native American/Chicana, Julia Sanchez, whose identity revolves around her experience as a person of mixed heritage. She inhabits a blurred zone outside the United States, Mexico, Aztlán, and her own tribal community but not fully belonging within any of these national /cultural identities. According to Renato Rosaldo, cultural citizenship includes the right for people to be different and still belong to the nation. It also involves the cultural processes by which subordinated groups interact with dominant notions of belonging.
Date Published: 2002
This essay examines the complex life story of a Native American/Chicana, Julia Sanchez, whose identity revolves around her experience as a person of mixed heritage. She inhabits a blurred zone outside the United States, Mexico, Aztlán, and her own tribal community but not fully belonging within any of these national /cultural identities. According to Renato Rosaldo, cultural citizenship includes the right for people to be different and still belong to the nation. It also involves the cultural processes by which subordinated groups interact with dominant notions of belonging.
