Real Women Have Curves

April 2012 Women in Unfair Work Conditions: The Fight Over Independence or Family! The play Real Women Have Curves was written by Josefina Lopez, it depicted the hard ships of immigrant female workers and the power and strength of women working together as one. About a decade later a movie was made. However the movie Real Women Have Curves still shows the same struggles these women in the play face and also shows how strong women working together

movie that I decided to watch, and review, is, “Real Women have Curves” directed by Patricia Cardoso. This movie was extremely powerful and thought provoking, bringing up topics like body image, cultural identity, and family expectations. These topics really came hand in hand with many significant topics and readings that we have talked about in our class. Overall, I really enjoyed the honest portrayal of body image and the struggles that many women face today, but also the portrayal of criticism

that have been made to dictate the expectations of men and the expectations of women in most societies; men are almost always the dominant ones and women are almost always the subservient ones. Women are expected to be the pinnacle of beauty and the definition of obedient. In the Latin American culture, the women of the family are typically expected to become housewives and homemakers almost immediately after they turn 18 or after they graduate from high school. In the movie Real Women Have Curves

human beings, and we should have the same rights. However, there are many things that if women do, others will think it’s strange because you are woman. It is inequality between men and women. In the script and film Real Women Have Curves, they illustrate the three elements of what an ideal woman is, which is being educated, having confidence, and managing responsibilities, that encourage women to be independent. First of all, in the script version of Real Women Have

The film, “Real Women Have Curves” is about a young Hispanic girl named Ana Garcia who is finding her voice as she is leaving her adolescence and entering the adult world. The film takes place in Los Angeles, California, during a time where Ana, is graduating high school and must figure out what her next step will be. Ana has the capabilities to further her education but unfortunately, her family does not have the financial capabilities to allow Ana to take that step. Ana is immensely woeful and

Film adaptations are supposed to capture the essence of the book on which they are based; however, this is not the case with Real Women Have Curves. The play, written by Josefina Lopez, emphasizes the collective struggle of women and how they are there to support each other. The film adaptation, only co-written by Josefina Lopez, displays an individualistic and almost selfish point of view, while emphasizing the individual struggle where each woman is only looking out for themselves and not each

Real Women Have Curves Synopsis The film adaptation of the stageplay, Real Women Have Curves (2002), is a coming of age story about a Mexican-American teenager and her working class family in East Los Angeles. In the film, Ana Garcia, played by America Ferrera, is a first generation Latina. Ana, a high school senior is encouraged to apply to college by her teacher Mr. Guzman who is played by George Lopez. Ana explains that she is expected to work in her sister Estela’s (Ingrid Oliu) clothing factory

All throughout “The Body Is Not An Apology” by Sonya Renee Taylor, “Borderlands” by Gloria Anzaldua, and the film “Real Women Have Curves” we are able to see the idea of being able to have radical self-love for yourself, radical-self love to others, and being able to come into terms with who you are. According to Sonya Renee Taylor, a difference can be used to divide and separate us if we are not willing to accept ourselves and others around us. When we are not willing to accept others for who they

Today play review is going to be “Real Women Have Curves” by Josefina Lopez. This story is about five women that know each and they have to make 100 dresses by the end of the week because Estela needs money to pay for a lawyer to get her papers because the Glitz Company will pay her for the last two weeks and this week if she gets all 100 dresses in. This story takes time on the first week of September 1987 and place in a house located in East Los Angeles. The context of Immigration Law is part of

In the film Real Women Have Curves, Ana Garcia strives to live an ordinary teenager’s life, although she’s not able to do so because of the Mexican tradition her family abides by everyday. Ana’s Mother, Carmen Garcia, continuously pesters Ana about her weight and the way she carries herself by not fitting into society’s commands of how a female should convey themselves. Along with her weight, her dream to go off to college is quickly crushed by her unsupportive family who demand she grows up to be