Building with Our Hands: New Directions in Chicana Studies

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Adela de la Torre, Beatriz M. Pesquera
University of California Press, 7 juin 1993 - 246 pages
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 Amerindian women during the Spanish conquest of California to contemporary Chicanas' efforts to construct feminist cultural discourses.

The volume ends with a provocative dialogue among the contributors about the challenges, frustrations, and obstacles that face Chicana scholars, and the voices heard here testify to the vibrant state of Chicano scholarship.

Trenchant and wide-ranging, this collection is essential reading for understanding the dynamics of feminism and multiculturalism.

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Introduction
1
On the Splitting
34
Uninvited Discourse on Sexuality and Power
57
Angelina F Veyna
91
Acculturation Adolescence and
109
The Mother Motif in La Bamba and Boulevard Nights
130
Aguascalientes Mexico
149
Hard Choices and Changing Roles among Mexican Migrant Campesinas
168
A Case Study of Chicana Elderly
217
Conclusion
225
Adela de la Torre and Beatriz M Pesquera
232
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