Building with Our Hands New Directions in Chicana Studies

Name: Building with Our Hands New Directions in Chicana Studies
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ISBN: 9780520070905

ISBN-10: 0520070909

ISBN-13: 9780520070905

Edition: 1994

Authors: Adela de la Torre, Beatriz M. Pesquera

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This is the first interdisciplinary collection of articles addressing the unique history of Chicana women. From a diverse range of perspectives, a new generation of Chicana scholars here chronicles the previously undocumented rich tapestry of Chicanas' lives over the last three centuries. Focusing on how women have grappled with political subordination and sexual exploitation, the contributors confront the complex intersection of class, race, ethnicity, and gender that defines the Chicana experience in America. The book analyzes the ways that oppressive power relations and resistance to domination have shaped Chicana history, exploring subjects as diverse as sexual violence against…

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List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/7/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 246
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Angie Chabram-Dernersesian and Adela de la Torre are professors of Chicana/o Studies at the University of California at Davis. Professor Chabram-Dernersesian is the editor of The Chicana/o Cultural Studies Forum and The Chicana/o Cultural Studies Reader. Adela de la Torre is also the author of Mexican Americans and Health and Moving from the Margins: A Chicanas Voice on Public Policy, both published by the University of Arizona Press.



Acknowledgments


Contributors


A Note on Ethnic Labels



Introduction




Acts Of Domination / Acts Of Resistance



Sexual Violence in the Politics and Policies of Conquest: Amerindian Women and the Spanish Conquest of Alta California




And, Yes...The Earth Did Part: On the Splitting of Chicana/o Subjectivity




Speaking from the Margin: Uninvited Discourse on Sexuality and Power




Cultural Representations / Cultural Presentations



La Tules of Image and Reality: Euro-American Attitudes and Legend Formation on a Spanish-Mexican Frontier




"It Is My Last Wish That...": A Look at Colonial Nuevo Mexicanas through Their Testaments




"Star Struck": Acculturation, Adolescence, and the Mexican American Woman, 1920-1950




The Mother Motif in La Bamba and Boulevard Nights




Contested Domains: Economy and Family



Gender, Class, and Households: Migration Patterns in Aguascalientes, Mexico




Hard Choices and Changing Roles among Mexican Migrant Campesinas




"In the Beginning He Wouldn't Lift Even a Spoon": The Division of Household Labor




Social Reproduction: Institutional and "Uninstitutional" Lives



Slipping through the Cracks: Dilemmas in Chicana Education




Gender and the Life Course: A Case Study of Chicana Elderly




Conclusion



Index