Real Women Have Curves Film Analysis

Media Review of Real Women Have Curves Stages of cultural identity development can be easily recognized in movies and films depicting realistic lives of people and their culture. The movie, Real Women Have Curves, is a good example of this illustration. Conformity, dissonance and appreciating, resistance and immersion, introspection, and universal awareness are the five stages of cultural identity and the media review offers a brief description of each stage along with a character from the movie that represents that particular stage. Additionally, covered in this media review is lasting impressions on me and what I found most memorable, and what roles did gender play; especially the male roles.

Conformity

The first stage of cultural

Mr. Gunzman shares similar cultural characteristics to Ana’s family but is also a teacher at Beverly Hills High School. He shows that he understands Ana’s culture by going to her family to persuade them to let Ana attend college. He takes her family into consideration even though his worldview includes more for Ana. Mr. Gunzman speaks Spanish to Ana’s father and mother and appeals to her father’s notion of a better life for Ana. He reminds him that he moved to this country for a better life and that it was Ana’s turn to do the same. This reflects his understanding of the culture and his ability to advocate. His worldview for Ana shows that he can see outside of his culture and extend possibilities that are influenced by the dominant

The female roles were loud, proud, dramatic, hardworking, religious, and domineering. The male roles were respected, wise, kind, caring, and wanted what was best for the women in their lives. Three prime examples of this are: Ana’s father, Mr. Gunzman, and Ana’s grandfather. All three men loved and cared for Ana in different ways. Ana’s father was the patriarch of the family and even though he wanted Ana to stay with the family, he gave her blessing to leave and go to college. Mr. Gunzman went out of his way to make sure that Ana saw her potential and did what he could to help the family see it too. Finally, Ana’s grandfather showed absolute love for his granddaughter. He represented that well with the story of the hidden treasure when he told Ana that “she was his