Thursday, October 03, 2013
Learning to be Lusitanian Latina
HowlRound: As a writer of Portuguese descent, I am honored when I am called Latina. But according to The Huffington Post, ninety percent of Portuguese-American from a group of five thousand respondents recently opposed this designation. Yet the Latina/o theatre community is my home. I never define myself as Latina or apply for festivals, theatre slots or awards in the “Latina/o” category unless there is a clear mandate to accept those of Portuguese descent. I let others give me this designation. Even If I am called Latina pejoratively, it is one of the highest honors I can receive. - See more at: http://www.howlround.com/learning-to-be-lusitanian-latina#sthash.siqhloQU.dpuf
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I find the issue of cultural identity so interesting, especially Latino identity in the US. I took a class in Spanish last semester, the topic of which was "US Latinos". Yeah, pretty vague. Well, we talked a lot about the many Latino identities, the different facets of Hispanic culture that exist in the US, and their origins. It was a great class, and what I learnt informs a lot of what this article talks about.
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