Title: Speaking Chicana : voice, power, and identity /
Authors: Galindo, D. Letticia 1952-; Gonzales, María Dolores, 1946-
Publisher: University of Arizona Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Linguistics; Women psychology; Mexican American women Language.; Sociolinguistics United States.; Mexican Americans psychology; United States
Contents: Crossing social and cultural borders: the road to language hybridity / María Dolores Gonzales -- Fighting words: Latina girls, gangs, and language attitudes / Norma Mendoza-Denton -- Speaking as a Chicana: tracing cultural heritage through silence and betrayal / Jacqueline M. Martínez -- The power of language: from the back of the bus to the ivory tower / Christine Marín -- Challenging tradition: opening the headgate / Ida M. Luján -- Mexican blood runs through my veins / Aurora Orozco -- Searching for a voice: ambiguities and possibilities / Erlinda Gonzales-Berry -- Sacred cults, subversive icons: Chicanas and the pictorial language of Catholicism / Charlene Villaseñor Black -- Caló and taboo language use among Chicanas: a description of linguistic appropriation and innovation / D. Letticia Galindo -- Máscaras, trenzas, y greñas : un/masking the self while un/braiding Latina stories and legal discourse / Margaret E. Montoya.