Mexican Chicago builds on previous studies of Mexicans in the United States while challenging static definitions of American and underlying assumptions of assimilation. Gabriela F. Arredondo contends that because of the revolutionary context from which they came, Mexicans in Chicago between 1916 and 1939 were not just another ethnic group working to be assimilated into a city that has a long history of incorporating newcomers. Suggesting a new understanding of identity formation, she argues that Mexicans wielded tools of identification forged in revolutionary Mexico to collectively battle...
Mexican Chicago builds on previous studies of Mexicans in the United States while challenging static definitions of American and underlying assumpt...
"Chicana Feminisms" presents new essays on Chicana feminist thought by scholars, creative writers, and artists. This volume moves the field of Chicana feminist theory forward by examining feminist creative expression, the politics of representation, and the realities of Chicana life. Drawing on anthropology, folklore, history, literature, and psychology, the distinguished contributors combine scholarly analysis, personal observations, interviews, letters, visual art, and poetry. The collection is structured as a series of dynamic dialogues: each of the main pieces is followed by an essay...
"Chicana Feminisms" presents new essays on Chicana feminist thought by scholars, creative writers, and artists. This volume moves the field of Chicana...
