Chicana Traditions Continuity and Change

Name: Chicana Traditions Continuity and Change
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ISBN: 9780252070129

ISBN-10: 0252070127

ISBN-13: 9780252070129

Edition: 2002

Authors: Norma E. Cantu, Olga Nï¿½jera-Ramï¿½rez, Olga Nï¿½jera-Ramï¿½rez

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"The first anthology to focus specifically on the topic of Chicana expressive culture, Chicana Traditions features the work of native scholars: Chicanas engaged in careers as professors and students, performing artists and folklorists, archivists and museum coordinators, and community activists.Blending narratives of personal experience with more formal, scholarly discussions, Chicana Traditions tells the insider story of a professional woman mariachi performer and traces the creation and evolution of the escaramuza charra (all-female precision riding team) within the male-dominated charreada, or Mexican rodeo. Other essays cover the ranchera (country or rural) music of the transnational…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 2/28/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Olga Naacute;jera-Ramiacute;rezis a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.Norma E. Cantuacute;is a professor of English at the University of Texas, San Antonio.Brenda M. Romerois an associate professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Enduring Traditions



Chicana Life-Cycle Rituals




Art of the Santera




The Indita Genre of New Mexico: Gender and Cultural Identification




Danger! Children at Play: Patriarchal Ideology and the Construction of Gender in Spanish-Language Hispanic/Chicano Children's Songs and Games




Caminando con La Llorona: Traditional and Contemporary Narratives




Practicing Traditions



Indianizing Catholicism: Chicana/India/Mexicana Indigenous Spiritual Practices in Our Image




Las Que Menos Queria el Nino: Women of the Fidencista Movement




Transgressing the Taboo: A Chicana's Voice in the Mariachi World




Transforming Traditions



Meeting La Cantante through Verse, Song, and Performance




Ranchera Music(s) and the Legendary Lydia Mendoza: Performing Social Location and Relations




Mounting Traditions: The Origin and Evolution of La Escaramuza Charra




Cruzando Frontejas: Remapping Selena's Tejano Music "Crossover"




Goldie Garcia: La Reina de South Broadway y Rasquache



Selected Bibliography of Chicana Folklore


Contributors


Index