La Chicana : the Mexican-American woman /
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| Author / Creator: | Mirandé, Alfredo. |
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| Edition: | Phoenix ed. |
| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981, c1979. |
| Description: | x, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Phoenix books (Chicago, Ill P. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7314894 |
| Summary: | La Chicana is the story of a marginal group in society, neither fully Mexican or fully American, who suffer under triple oppression: as women, as members of a colonized culture, and as victims of a cultural heritage dominated by the cult of machismo . Tracing the role of Chicanas from pre-Columbian society to the present, the authors reveal the antecedents and roots of contemporary cultural expectations in Aztec, colonial, and revolutionary Mexican historical periods. A discussion of the contribution of modern Chicanas to their community and to feminism and a look at literary stereotypes and the emergence of Chicana literature to counter them round out this perceptive and sympathetic analysis.<br> |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | x, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. 258-271. |
| ISBN: | 0226531600 9780226531601 |