Free Downloads ¡Chicana Power!: Contested Histories Of Feminism In The Chicano Movement (Chicana Matters (Paperback))
The first book-length study of women's involvement in the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, ¡Chicana Power! tells the powerful story of the emergence of Chicana feminism within student and community-based organizations throughout southern California and the Southwest. As Chicanos engaged in widespread protest in their struggle for social justice, civil rights, and self-determination, women in el movimiento became increasingly militant about the gap between the rhetoric of equality and the organizational culture that suppressed women's leadership and subjected women to chauvinism, discrimination, and sexual harassment. Based on rich oral histories and extensive archival research, Maylei Blackwell analyzes the struggles over gender and sexuality within the Chicano Movement and illustrates how those struggles produced new forms of racial consciousness, gender awareness, and political identities.¡Chicana Power! provides a critical genealogy of pioneering Chicana activist and theorist Anna NietoGomez and the Hijas de Cuauhtémoc, one of the first Latina feminist organizations, who together with other Chicana activists forged an autonomous space for women's political participation and challenged the gendered confines of Chicano nationalism in the movement and in the formation of the field of Chicana studies. She uncovers the multifaceted vision of liberation that continues to reverberate today as contemporary activists, artists, and intellectuals, both grassroots and academic, struggle for, revise, and rework the political legacy of Chicana feminism.
Series: Chicana Matters (Paperback)
Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: University of Texas Press; Chicana Matters edition (August 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0292726902
ISBN-13: 978-0292726901
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #55,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2 in Books > Gay & Lesbian > Nonfiction > Activism #21 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Specific Demographics > Hispanic American Studies #96 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Women's Studies > Feminist Theory
While the intentions of this book are great, the author does not follow through or deliver on what she sets out to tell in the book. Way too much focus on one woman's story- not a good example of oral history and definitely not a good example of giving a voice to the voiceless or previously invisible subjects she claims to be writing for.
i read this book for a women and gender studies graduate course, and it is one of my favorite books. i appreciate the author's perspectives, knowledge, and perspectives on Chicana leadership experiences.
The Chicano movement self-destructed by attacking the Chicanas within it. If the women's perspectives and hopes had been recognized as a potent aspect to group, there would not have been the in-house problems. All interests could have been debated and pursued as being a part of the whole. The Chicano movement lost significant potential support through alienation by seeing the Chicanas' position as a threat and thinking it would dilute the cause. In effect, the Chicano movement began to be seen as representative of only 50% of their members. If the cause can't stand up to self-inspection, then that position begins to look very weak. It's too bad they felt the need to verbally attack and slander the women in the group - a method people tend to employ when they feel threatened. That is to say that the blame lies within the Chicano membership itself and their views toward the Chicanas. This book was a good analysis of group dynamics.
My daughter loves the book.
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