Across A Hundred Mountains By Reyna Grande: A Feminist Analysis

When looking at Juana’s and Adelina’s narratives in the book Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande several insincere in their stories can be connected to the critical and feminist perspectives (Grande, 2007). The feminist theory can be used in understanding and intervening in Juana and her friend Adelina engagement in prostitution (Grande, 2007). In Juana’s friends situation she is being oppressed by her boyfriend, therefore by using the feminist perspective a social worker use the perspective to “understand the gender dimensions of practice” and use “commonalities between feminism and social work based on the values shared by all women because of their shared experiences” (Grande, 2007)(Payne, 2014, p. 364). Furthermore, the feminist perspective is essential when looking at Juana’s situation, Juana has engaged in prostitution thinking that sometime people have to sacrifices their bodies to get what they need like her mother (Grande, 2007). At such a young age Juana believes that if her mother had sex for necessity it is Okay for her too, therefore when focusing on these believes and experiences that females have experienced it can be proven beneficial to help Juan (Grande, 2007) (Payne, 2014). Lastly, having the understanding of a feminist perspective when working with individuals like Juana and her friend who are oppressed, Hispanic females who are prostituting themselves can be beneficial to have a better understanding of their situation and be able to intervene where applicable. In addition, when looking at the critical perspective it can be connected to both Adelina’s and Juana’s narrative because in both situations …show more content…
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