Chicana Liberation

Women and Mexican American Politics in Los Angeles, 1945-1981

Marisela R. Chávez (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2024
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-08781-3 (ISBN)

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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.

Marisela R. Chávez is a professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Bridging Activism: Mexican American Women and Political Leadership from the Postwar Era to the Early Chicano Movement in Los Angeles
Forging a Chicana Feminist Praxis: The Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, 1970-1976
“We Would Go There and Be Part of a Great Audience”: California Chicanas and International Women’s Year, Mexico City, 1975
“The Right to Govern Their Own Bodies”: Chicana Body Politics in Los Angeles, 1969-1981

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.05.2024
Reihe/Serie	Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	313 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-252-08781-X / 025208781X
ISBN-13	978-0-252-08781-3 / 9780252087813
Zustand	Neuware