Mary and Borders Main Menu Mary and Borders A project by students in Latina/Latino Religious Experiences (REL 322) Introduction About the Mary and Borders Project Refuge: Borderlands and the Blessed Virgin Food and Borders Food as a window into culture, religion, and border spaces Body as a Border Space Familial Ties and Border Spaces A Blog Series Zero Tolerance Policy Art in the Street Visual essays on Marian art in public spaces Borders Cause Hatred A video essay Rosaries and Sacred Space Virtual Interactive Rosary I Speak to God in Spanglish Desktop wallpapers and cositas Mary as One of the Many Who Fled An interactive board game Faith and Borders A reflection on personal faith and border spaces Nuestra Señora de San Juan de Los Lagos An essay on Marian devotion at the US-Mexico border Nuestra Señora de Dolores Contributors and Credits

Music and Borders

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Students created blog posts about songs that discuss the difficulties that people face when adapting to life in America. For example, the songs “Somos Mas Americanos” and “Prayer of the Refugee” are about Latinos/immigrants who face discrimination from the citizens and the government of the United States. “Border Song” and “La Jaula de Oro” talk about the cultural differences and the shock felt by those living a new life on the other side of the border. Music for these people is a way to translate their struggles of adaptation and discrimination, because sometimes it might be their only way to be heard. These songs are a kind of cultural border and the themes that we’ve discussed in class all semester. View the blog posts here.

Group memebers: Michael Vallee

Using a visual presentation, students explore music and border spaces including Latino hip hop, Mariachi, poetry, gender roles, politics, Chinese American music and bringing musical instruments across physical borders. View the presentation here. 

Group members: Maranda Avina, Dillon Pietrangelo, and Steven Tsui-Zhou
 

Header image courtesy Chicago Tribune: https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-mariachi-female-sirena-siren-ttd-0606-story.html

This page has paths:

  1. Body as a Border Space Marian Library, University of Dayton
  2. Familial Ties and Border Spaces Marian Library, University of Dayton
  3. Borders Cause Hatred Marian Library, University of Dayton
  4. Rosaries and Sacred Space Marian Library, University of Dayton
  5. Art in the Street Marian Library, University of Dayton
  6. Zero Tolerance Policy Marian Library, University of Dayton
  7. Music and Borders Marian Library, University of Dayton
  8. Mary as One of the Many Who Fled Marian Library, University of Dayton
  9. Introduction Marian Library, University of Dayton
  10. Music and Borders Marian Library, University of Dayton
  11. Nuestra Señora de Dolores Marian Library, University of Dayton
  12. Nuestra Señora de San Juan de Los Lagos Marian Library, University of Dayton
  13. Faith and Borders Marian Library, University of Dayton
  14. I Speak to God in Spanglish Marian Library, University of Dayton
  15. Refuge: Borderlands and the Blessed Virgin Marian Library, University of Dayton
  16. Food and Borders Marian Library, University of Dayton

Contents of this path:

  1. Food and Borders
  2. Body as a Border Space
  3. Familial Ties and Border Spaces
  4. Zero Tolerance Policy
  5. Art in the Street
  6. Borders Cause Hatred
  7. Rosaries and Sacred Space
  8. I Speak to God in Spanglish
  9. Music and Borders
  10. Mary as One of the Many Who Fled
  11. Faith and Borders
  12. Nuestra Señora de San Juan de Los Lagos
  13. Nuestra Señora de Dolores
  14. Contributors and Credits