Techno †Cihuatl: The Birth of a Modern Mexican Female. :: Culture Cultural Mexico Papers

Techno Cihuatl The Birth of a Modern Mexican FemaleI learned about computers and applied science a fiddling at a time, from simple games, to web building and heavy use of applications. Some of the knowledge came form a school setting most of it I acquired from trial and error and by a friends teachings I overcame the limitations of growing up in a Third-World country (Mexico) with little access to technology and tried to keep up with its changes as time went by. My country has had a love-hate relationship with the US for a long time. Within the huge Mexican center of attention class there are different opinions regarding the US way of life. While some people crave to have e actually single item of gringo-wealth such(prenominal) as electronics, clothing and even food, some others are deeply concerned about the loss of identity deculturalization and hegemony that US-like culture has brought to Mexico. This phenomenon is particularly clear among the generation born(p) in the sevent ies, especially women. Young Mexicanas that are now in their middle twenties are torn apart between two worlds First, the technology impelled college education and work that are the symbols of US - imported woman liberation. Second, the motherhood housewife roles traditionally imposed on them by the Mexican culture along with their religious, mystical, and cultural implications. Instead of marrying both ideas into a nice middle term, Mexican nightclub (which is still a male dominated environment) tends to relegate them apart any you become a housewife, or a professional. I consider that these extremes are always detrimental. I was the firstly-born of a young couple fresh out of college. My parents belonged to the first generation of Mexicans that lost their political innocence (and correctness) with the students riots of 68 they were rebels by nature. My mother was a biochemical engineer in a society where women were supposed to be teachers or housewives. My father was the onl y one out of five sibling who finished college, and he worked in a transnational firm, which was very odd at the time. Unlike most of our relations, we were no strangers of technology, mainly because we imported many appliances from California, where my uncles lived. We had a black and white TV my father listened music apply certain tapes that looked like Nintendo cartridges and he also had acetate discs, we had no telephone, but we were the first family in our block to get a microwave.