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Mexico

This is the central cultural focal point for Chicano and Chicana culture.

United States of America

This is where Moraga lives and she is rather critical of the country and its politics and does not believe it lives up to its ideals.

Chicano Culture

Moraga embraced her Chicano heritage when she became a lesbian but realized that this was not without flaws.

Catholicism

Moraga was raised in this religion but left the church in her early adulthood, largely because of how horribly it made her feel about her sexuality.

Typewriter

This represents the less polished forms of communication that Moraga learned from her nearly illiterate mother.

White Feminism

Moraga is critical of this because it focuses on women's issues only from the perspective of white, upper-class women.

Black Feminism

Moraga is more easily able to relate to this movement because, like Chicanas, black women have endured oppression...

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