HUMAN 1A Lecture 9: Week 9, HUMAN 1A
Document Summary
Hugh glass was injured by wounds, his friends abandoned him and took all his belongings. Auteur theory emphasizes the influence of the director. Racial differences, one character calls another son a half breed. An alternative to a two-sided notion of the border. Theorized not only as a geographic area but an anti-dualistic view of language, race, sexuality, and body"s relationship to spirit. In some countries, most importantly mexico, the concept of mestizo is used to name a new national identity that is not completely spanish or. In latin america, it refers to the child of a spaniard and an amerindian. Hugh glass seems to become someone of mixed ancestry, neither fully. A mestizo who becomes one with animals, ice water, snow, earth. He takes on the spirit of the bear. In the borderland of cultures and languages. Has a mixed family that is part pawnee.
