Chicana Liberation: Women and Mexican American Politics in Los Angeles, 1945-1981

Author:   Marisela R. Chávez
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
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9780252045707


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 April 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Chicana Liberation: Women and Mexican American Politics in Los Angeles, 1945-1981


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Mexican American women reached across generations to develop a bridging activism that drew on different methods and ideologies to pursue their goals. Marisela R. Chávez uses a wealth of untapped oral histories to reveal the diverse ways activist Mexican American women in Los Angeles claimed their own voices and space while seeking to leverage power. Chávez tells the stories of the people who honed beliefs and practices before the advent of the Chicano movement and the participants in the movement after its launch in the late 1960s. As she shows, Chicanas across generations challenged societal traditions that at first assumed their place on the sidelines and then assigned them second-class status within political structures built on their work. Fueled by a surging pride in their Mexican heritage and indigenous roots, these activists created spaces for themselves that acknowledged their lives as Mexicans and women. Vivid and compelling, Chicana Liberation reveals the remarkable range of political beliefs and life experiences behind a new activism and feminism shaped by Mexican American women.

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Author:   Marisela R. Chávez
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780252045707


ISBN 10:   025204570
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 April 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Bridging Activism: Mexican American Women and Political Leadership from the Postwar Era to the Early Chicano Movement in Los Angeles Forging a Chicana Feminist Praxis: The Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, 1970-1976 “We Would Go There and Be Part of a Great Audience”: California Chicanas and International Women’s Year, Mexico City, 1975 “The Right to Govern Their Own Bodies”: Chicana Body Politics in Los Angeles, 1969-1981 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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“Chicana Liberation fills a gap as the first book-length analysis and comprehensive history of the Comisión Femenil Nacional Mexicana. Chávez draws on a rich archive to vividly reconstruct the political activities, personal stories, and ideological positionings of the historical actors who brought Comision Femenil and the Chicana Service Action Center into being.”--Maria Cotera, author of Native Speakers: Ella Deloria, Zora Neale Hurston, Jovita González, and the Poetics of Culture


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Marisela R. Chávez is a professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

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