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Short Essay 1

Short Essay 1

Q In the introduction of Becoming Mexican American, Sanchez draws from Stuart Hall's notion of cultural identity (pg. 12-13). Hall asserts that identities are enmeshed in "becoming and of being." They are subjected to the elements and context of history. Explain what you think he means by the idea of becoming and being and explain how CONTEXT fits into comprehending the American concept of Manifest Destiny.

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The idea of becoming and being is central to the conceptualization of the notion of cultural identity. It is an assertion of the way in which identity remains in a state of flux and is much a thing of the future as it is of the past. Referring to the case of the Chicano immigrants, this idea reflects their perpetual struggle in the pursuit of forging a new identity as ethnic Americans as well as understanding our sense of being by remaining aware of our present relation vis-à-vis the forces of society.