Stereotypes In The Film Real Women Have Curves

The Chicano heritage is a very familiar culture known worldwide. In the chicano culture, women have very dwarf opportunities available to them. The women occupation is to stay home and clean and cook around the house. In addition, to a chicana women who is the smallest of the women in the family her job is to supervise the mother. Considering this, in the film; Real Women Have Curves, Ana Garcia is trying to find her own identity which ends up becoming the struggle of a lifetime under stifling weight of many identities pushed upon her by not only stereotypes of her community, but also her family's old-world cultural beliefs. Forced by her family to work in her sisters sewing factory, Ana then realizes the strength of women and the capabilities

Their responsibilities are raising the children and attending the men’s every needs. This role can be seen in the beginning of the film when Carmen mandates Ana to prepare breakfast for the men, giving us the viewer an example of the Chicano culture and how it pressures women to follow the norms that they impose. For instance, women in society are not thought of as human beings , they are thought of as people who cannot contribute or improve what mankind has already built. In, a chicano home women are not seen as humans being able of reaching success. This is simply because they are thought as of being incapable of doing the same things men do. Ana’s mom;Carmen resembles a woman driven by principles in society. Carmen believes women should not obtain a higher education because of this it encourages Ana to get a job working for her sister. However, Ana strongly believes women are capable of doing so much more than just being housewives. She believes women should be respected for their intelligence and not just for their looks and their ability to do household chores. Having considered this Ana applies and get accepted to Columbia even after her mother forbids her to go to college ,proving that she embraces her culture instead of letting her culture define her

This argument is approached upon interpreting the American Dream in principled terms of the beauty and body standards of mainstream America. The film is based on the characteristics of the American dream. Adapting to the dream also mean adopting the beauty and body standards. In addition, as the ladies are working in extreme heats Ana decides to take of her shirt, as soon as Carmen see Ana she says” No te da verguenza” Ana responds with “De que”. “Te has visto estas horible” . Then Ana answers, “ Mama, me gusta como soy” Revealing two different viewpoints of beauty. Carmen sees beauty through the body the face, but for Ana beauty respeblems peoples aspects. Following this scene, Ana says” Mama tu estas igual” With Dona Carmen saying “ Si, pero yo estoy casada.” As soon as those words leave Carmen’s mouth Ana responds with “Todo para cazar a un hombre” divulging female beauty has always had some value and more in communities where you see women as a breeding female, but currently expected model beauty is too demanding.Today's society is constantly besieged by the media, through advertisements and extolling the importance of female beauty and discrediting other virtues such as