Chicana Liberation

Chicana Liberation
Author: Marisela R. Chávez
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2024-04-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0252056566

Mexican American women reached across generations to develop a bridging activism that drew on different methods and ideologies to pursue their goals. Marisela R. Chávez uses a wealth of untapped oral histories to reveal the diverse ways activist Mexican American women in Los Angeles claimed their own voices and space while seeking to leverage power. Chávez tells the stories of the people who honed beliefs and practices before the advent of the Chicano movement and the participants in the movement after its launch in the late 1960s. As she shows, Chicanas across generations challenged societal traditions that at first assumed their place on the sidelines and then assigned them second-class status within political structures built on their work. Fueled by a surging pride in their Mexican heritage and indigenous roots, these activists created spaces for themselves that acknowledged their lives as Mexicans and women. Vivid and compelling, Chicana Liberation reveals the remarkable range of political beliefs and life experiences behind a new activism and feminism shaped by Mexican American women.

A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies, 1980-1984

A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies, 1980-1984
Author: Lionel V. Loroña
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1987
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780810819412

This book packs the five issues of the Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies from 1980 t o 1984 in one volume. Organized by subject area, this work covers topics in Latin America and theCarribbean, listing articles in journals and other periodicals alnog with other sources.

Mexicans in San José

Mexicans in San José
Author: Nannette Regua
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738569307

Since the founding of California's El Pueblo de San JosAA(c) de Guadalupe in 1777, people of Mexican ancestry have contributed to make San JosAA(c) a rich cultural, political, and economic epicenter. Mexican miners who worked in the local mines helped San JosAA(c) become one of the top mercury producers in the world. In the 20th century, Mexicans labored in the "Valley of Heart's Delight," as the Santa Clara Valley region was called, picking, canning, drying, and packaging fruits and vegetables for America's dinner table. They paid homage to their cultural heritage as they formed ballet folklAA3rico groups, established mariachi bands, painted murals, and wrote literature. Through grassroots organizing and collective action, countless heroines and heroes, such as labor leader Cesar Chavez, dedicated their lives to improving conditions in their neighborhoods and communities. In 1999, the City of San JosAA(c) acknowledged the contributions of Mexicans with the grand opening of the Mexican Heritage Plaza, a cultural center for the performing arts.

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Check this Out
Author: Andrew J. Seager
Publisher:
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1987
Genre: Instructional materials centers
ISBN: