summary and response
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Essay Requirements:
In ?How to Tame a Wild Tongue?, Gloria Anzald?a says, ?I will no longer be made to feel ashamed of existing. I will have my voice: Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent?s tongue ? my woman?s voice, my sexual voice, my poet?s voice? (31). Anzald?a speaks about ?having her voice?, not a single, ?authentic? voice, but one she names in these terms: Indian, Spanish, white; woman, lesbian, poet. What is ?voice? as defined by this chapter? Where does it come from? How does owning ?voice? equate to an owning of ourselves, rendering ?legitimate? the voices and selves the white ?standard? bastardizes and censures?
In a 1-2 page response, address these issues by marking/quoting passages that you think best represent Anzald?a?s voices and then examining them. Using these passages as your ?They Say?, respond in turn by discussing how these voices are different from one another and different from a ?standard? voice, as Anzald?a defines a ?standard? voice. With ample metacommentary to help clarify your interpretation/analysis of each passage you identify, also be reminded to use smart transitions to help connect each section of your response as you work through the prompt.