Chicana Feminist Thought

by Garcia, Alma M.

• ISBN13: 9780415918008
• ISBN10: 0415918006
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-09-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Chicana Feminist Thoughtrecovers the historical contributions of a generation of Chicana feminists whose activism forged a collective struggle to overcome the gender contradictions, tensions, and conflicts within the Chicano Movement. Any historical analysis of the Chicano Movement, the Women's Movement and any other social protest movement of the 1960s is incomplete without a systematic integration of the Chicana feminist movement and its ideological foundations. Organized thematically and chronologically, these collected works of Chicana feminists explore such topics as sexual politics within the Chicano cultural nationalist movement, the multiple sources of Chicana oppression, organizational strategies and agendas, and the relationship between Chicana feminists and white feminists.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii	(2)
Copyright Information	xv
Introduction	1	(20)
PART I VOICES OF CHICANA FEMINISTS: AN EMERGING CONSCIOUSNESS	21	(50)
1. New Voice of La Raza: Chicanas Speak Out	21	(3)
MIRTA VIDAL
2. La Chicana: Her Role in the Past and Her Search for a New Role in the Future	24	(5)
BERNICE RINCON
3. The Woman of La Raza	29	(3)
ENRIQUETA LONGEAUX VASQUEZ
4. La Chicana	32	(3)
ELIZABETH MARTINEZ
5. A Chicana's Message	35	(1)
ANONYMOUS
6. Women of the Mexican American Movement	36	(3)
JENNIE V. CHAVEZ
7. Chicana Consciousness: A New Perspective, A New Hope	39	(2)
ELENA H. GARCIA
8. Our Feminist Heritage	41	(3)
MARTA COTERA
9. La Vision Chicana	44	(4)
ADELAIDA R. DEL CASTILLO
10. La Chicana: Legacy of Suffering and Self-Denial	48	(2)
ANNA NIETOGOMEZ
11. Chicanas on the Move	50	(2)
BERNICE RINCON
12. Chicana Feminism	52	(6)
ANNA NIETOGOMEZ
13. The Emerging "Chicana"	58	(8)
SISTER TERESITA BASSO
14. Chicana Writer Breaking Out of the Silence	66	(5)
RITA SANCHEZ
PART II CORE THEMES IN CHICANA FEMINIST THOUGHT	71	(194)
SECTION ONE CHICANA FEMINISM AND THE POLITICS OF THE CHICANO MOVEMENT	71	(36)
15. La Mujer in the Chicano Movement	77	(1)
ELVIRA SARAGOZA
16. The Chicanas	78	(1)
ENRIQUETA "HENRI" CHAVEZ
17. La Chicana: Her Role in the Movement	79	(1)
ANONYMOUS
18. Viva La Chicana and All Brave Women of La Causa	80	(1)
ELIZABETH MARTINEZ
19. El Movimiento and the Chicana	81	(2)
ANONYMOUS
20. La Chicana y El Movimiento	83	(3)
ELENA HERNANDEZ
21. La Femenista	86	(6)
ANNA NIETOGOMEZ
22. Chicanas and El Movimiento	92	(3)
ADALJIZA SOSA RIDDELL
23. The New Chicana and Machismo	95	(2)
ROSALIE FLORES
24. Sexism in the Movimiento	97	(3)
ANNA NIETO-GOMEZ
25. The Role of the Chicana within the Student Movement	100	(7)
SONIA A. LOPEZ
SECTION TWO ANALYZING THE DYNAMICS OF CHICANA OPPRESSION	107	(32)
26. Despierten Hermanas! The Women of La Raza--Part II	110	(3)
ENRIQUETA LONGEAUX VASQUEZ
27. Introduction to Encuentro Femenil	113	(4)
THE EDITORS
28. Macho Attitudes	117	(1)
NANCY NIETO
29. The Adelitas' Role in El Moviemiento	118	(2)
ANONYMOUS
30. Chicanas and Abortion	120	(2)
BEVERLY PADILLA
31. Malintzin Tenepal: A Preliminary Look Into a New Perspective	122	(4)
ADELAIDA R. DEL CASTILLO
32. Chicanas in the Labor Force	126	(4)
ANNA NIETOGOMEZ
33. The Chicana--Perspectives for Education	130	(1)
ANNA NIETOGOMEZ
34. Women's Rights and the Mexican-American Woman	131	(5)
ELIZABETH OLIVAREZ
35. Unequal Opportunity and the Chicana	136	(3)
LINDA AQUILAR
SECTION THREE MAPPING A CHICANA FEMINIST AGENDA	139	(53)
36. Chicana Conferences and Seminars, 1970-1975	142	(3)
MARTA COTERA
37. Chicana Symposium	145	(1)
ANONYMOUS
38. Resolutions from the Chicana Workshop	146	(2)
ANONYMOUS
39. Chicana Service Action Center	148	(2)
ANNA NIETOGOMEZ
40. Comision Femenil Mexicana	150	(1)
FRANCISCA FLORES
41. Chicanas Attend Vancouver Conference	151	(2)
ANONYMOUS
42. Chicana Regional Conference	153	(2)
SANDRA UGARTE
43. La Conferencia De Mujeres Por La Raza: Houston, Texas, 1971	155	(2)
MARTA COTERA
44. Conference of Mexican Women in Houson--Un Remolino [A Whirlwind]	157	(5)
FRANCISCA FLORES
45. Chicana Encounter	162	(2)
ANNA NIETOGOMEZ
ELMA BARRERA
46. CCHE Conference	164	(1)
ANONYMOUS
47. Party Platform on Chicanas, 1971	165	(2)
RAZA UNIDA PARTY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
48. Party Platform on Chicanas, 1992	167	(2)
RAZA UNIDA PARTY OF TEXAS
49. National Chicano Political Conference, 1972	169	(3)
ANONYMOUS
50. Third World Women Meet	172	(2)
ENRIQUETA LONGEAUX VASQUEZ
51. Report from the National Women's Political Caucus	174	(4)
EVEY CHAPA
52. Mujeres Por La Raza Unida (1974)	178	(2)
EVEY CHAPA
53. Presentation by Chicanas of La Raza Unida Party	180	(1)
ANONYMOUS
54. A Chicana's Look at the International Women's Year Conference	181	(2)
YOLANDA M. LOPEZ
55. The 1977 National Women's Conference in Houston	183	(3)
CECILIA BURCIAGA
56. Looking for Room of One's Own	186	(6)
DOLORES PRIDA
SECTION FOUR CHICANA FEMINISTS AND WHITE FEMINISTS: UNRESOLVED CONFLICTS	192	(40)
57. XXXSoy Chicana Primero!	197	(2)
ENRIQUETA LONGEAUX VASQUEZ
58. La Chicana, Chicano Movement and Women's Liberation	199	(3)
VELIA G. GARCIA
59. Feminism As We See It	202	(2)
MARTA COTERA
60. Chicana Liberation	204	(2)
ALICIA SANDOVAL
61. The Chicana and the Women's Rights Movement	206	(5)
CONSUELO NIETO
62. The Progress of the Chicana Woman	211	(2)
CORRINE J. GUTIERREZ
63. Among the Feminists: Racist Classist Issues--1976	213	(8)
MARTA COTERA
64. La Chicana and "Women's Liberation"	221	(2)
YOLANDA OROZCO
65. Feminism: The Chicano and Anglo Versions--A Historical Analysis	223	(9)
MARTA COTERA
SECTION FIVE CHICANA FEMINISM: AN EVOLVING FUTURE	232	(33)
66. La Decada de la Mujer	234	(2)
MARTA SOTOMAYOR
67. La Nueva Hispana e Hispanidad [The New Hispanic Woman and Hispanicity]	236	(3)
MARTA COTERA
68. Hispanas--Our Resources for the Eighties	239	(3)
ANITA ESPINOSA
69. La Mujer en el Ochenta [Women in the Eighties]	242	(3)
ALICIA V. CUARON
ARLENE VIGIL (KRAMER)
DOROTHY RENTERIA
70. First Hispanic Feminist Conference Meets (1980)	245	(2)
CHELA "CHE" SANDOVAL
71. Un Paso Adelante [One Step Forward]	247	(3)
DORINDA MORENO
72. The Latina Feminist: Where We've Been, Where We're Going	250	(3)
SYLVIA GONZALES
73. Chicanas in the 80's: Unsettled Issues	253	(12)
MUJERES EN MARCHA, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
PART THREE CHICANA FEMINISTS SPEAK: VOICING A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS	265	(48)
74. Sexism in Chicano Studies and the Community	265	(5)
CYNTHIA OROZCO
75. La Conciencia de la Mestiza: Towards a New Consciousness	270	(4)
GLORIA ANZALDUA
76. Canto, locura y poesia	274	(7)
OLIVIA CASTELLANO
77. Chicana Lesbians: Fear and Loathing in the Chicano Community	281	(6)
CARLA TRUJILLO
78. Interview with Sandra Cisneros	287	(3)
FEROZA JUSSAWALLA
REED WAY DASENBRACK
79. The Last Generation	290	(2)
CHERRIE MORAGA
80. Nepantla: Essays from the Land in the Middle	292	(2)
PAT MORA
81. There is no Going Back: Chicanas and Feminism	294	(16)
BEATRIZ M. PESQUERA
DENISE A. SEGURA
82. Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma	310	(3)
ANA CASTILLO
Index	313