Title: Chicana voices :
Authors: Córdova, Teresa.; National Association for Chicano Studies.; University of Texas at Austin.; NACS Conference
Date: 1986
Publisher: Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas,
Physical description: xi, 223 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: E
Abstract: "This landmark collection of essays from the 1984 National Association for Chicana Studies conference entitled "Voces de la Mujer" offers a cross-section of the interdisciplinary scholarship on Chicanas in U.S. society. Chicanas' roles in politics, history, bilingualism, the work force, literature, and higher education are examined in depth in the twenty essays."--Amazon
Contents: University setting reinforces inequality / Christine Marie Sierra -- Women, then and now: an analysis of the Adelita image versus the Chicana as political writer and philosopher / Norma Cantú -- Sexism in Chicano studies and the community / Cynthia Orozco -- Studying Chicanas: bringing women into the frame of Chicano studies / Alma M. García -- Manuela Solis Sager and Emma Tenayuca: a tribute / Roberto R. Calderón and Emilio Zamoro. Chicanas and triple oppression in the labor force / Denise A. Segura -- Toward a reconceptualization of women's economic activities: the informal sector in urban Mexico / Marta C. Lopez-Garza -- Between the lines: a new perspective on the industrial sociology of women workers in transnational labor processes / Devon Peña -- Woman's movement and the left in Mexico: the presidential candidacy of Doña Rosario Ibarra. Women in early New Mexico: a preliminary view / Angelina F. Veyna -- Chicana historiography: a research note regarding Mexican archival sources / Barbara A. Driscoll -- Chicana reference sources / Richard Chabran. Women in El Teatro Campesino: 'Apoco estaba molacha la Virgen de Guadalupe?' / Yolanda Julia Broyles -- Libertad de no procrear: la voz de la mujer en 'An una madre de nuestros tiempos' de Margarita Cota-Cárdenas / Clara Lomas -- Realidad a traves de la inocencia en el cuento: un paseo / Elba R. Sánchez -- Women: prisoners of the word / Alvina E. Quintana.
Notes: English and Spanish. Papers presented at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the National Association for Chicano Studies, held in 1984 at the University of Texas at Austin.
Subject headings (LCSH): Mexican American women--Congresses.