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A 5 page essay that discusses Cristina Garcia's The Aguero Sisters and Achy Obejas's Memory Mambo, which are novels that bear many similarities. Each narratives relates the way that passion, politics, knowledge, relationships and the past all intertwine in a complex mix. In each novel, the ways in which knowledge is acquired, as well as the way in which the tensions created by the utilization of sex and sexuality interplay with power, serve to inform and shape the interpersonal relationships of the protagonists. These factors interact in the characters' present, but draw on memory and are influenced by the past, so that the characters, in order to deal with the present, must—in each narrative—first come to terms with their past. No additional sources cited.
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the ways in which knowledge is acquired, as well as the way in which the tensions created by the utilization of sex and sexuality interplay with power, serve to inform
and shape the interpersonal relationships of the protagonists. These factors interact in the characters present, but draw on memory and are influenced by the past, so that the characters, in
order to deal with the present, must-in each narrative-first come to terms with their past. In Memory Mambo, Juani provides the opening chapters narrative voice as she expresses her
frustration with having to rely on memory in dealing with her feelings of loss, which readers later learn relates not only to having to leave Cuba, but also to her
failed lesbian relationship with Gina. At the close of this chapter, Juani states, "What I want to know is what really happened" (Obejas 14). However, in her quest,
Juani finds that discerning reality is not an easy proposition as it is colored by the interplay of the past with the present. This factor is evident in myriad ways,
such as in the obsession of Juanis mother to lay claim to a white heritage and the social privilege and power that whiteness entails. A women of mixed racial
heritage, a mulata, she would "do just about anything to deny her real lineage," and is attracted to Juanis father primarily because of his green eyes and light skin (Obejas
32). As this indicates, Juanis mother uses sexuality, in her selection of a husband, to structure what she perceives as a better social-political framework for herself and her children, which
denies her own racial identity. As this suggests, Obejas sees politics and the legacy of colonialism as integral to the ways in which romance operates in the lives of her
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