Plot
Rosalinda is a girl who likes to run, but her mother is sad that she can't pay for her college. Jesse who is her sister is fat and indulges in junk food and is depressed. Raphael is a local boy who is in love with Rosalinda. Their neighbor Luisa puts a weird spell on Rosalinda and gives her an amulet. Rosalinda then becomes a dog and wins the race and at the party after Jesse is turned into a princess.
Milcha Sanchez Scott
born 1955
lives all around the world
raised catholic
identified as latina
ethnic prejudice
forced to work in field by father
Magical Realism
transformed under Latin American literary criticism
magic elements combined with everyday events
Interlingual
fusion of two languages and cultural experiences
Queering
question foundation of binary to change it