Chicanas of 18th Street
Subtitle: narratives of a movement from Latino Chicago
By: Leonard G. Ramírez ; with Yenelli Flores ... [et al.].
Series: Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest; Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780252036187; 9780252078125
Subjects: Community activists; Mexican American women; Biography; Chicago; Social conditions; Chicano movement; Mexican Americans
Other titles: Chicanas of Eighteenth Street
Description: Overflowing with powerful testimonies of six female community activists who have lived and worked in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Chicanas of 18th Street reveals the convictions and approaches of those organizing for social reform. In chronicling a pivotal moment in the history of community activism in Chicago, the women discuss how education, immigration, religion, identity, and acculturation affected the Chicano movement. Chicanas of 18th Street underscores the hierarchies of race, gender, and class while stressing the interplay of individual and collective values in the development of community reform. Highlighting the women's motivations, initiatives, and experiences in politics during the 1960s and 1970s, these rich personal accounts reveal the complexity of the Chicano movement, conflicts within the movement, and the importance of teatro and cultural expressions to the movement. Also detailed are vital interactions between members of the Chicano movement with leftist and nationalist community members and the influence of other activist groups such as African Americans and Marxists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of abbreviations, organizations, and programs; title: Chicago movement time line; title: Introduction : Second City Mexicans / Leonard G. Ramírez; title: Homecoming, 1997 / Leonard G. Ramírez; title: A legacy of struggle / Yenelli Flores; title: Living the life I was meant to lead / Isaura González; title: Una chicana en la lucha / María Gamboa; title: A woman of my time / Cristina Vital; title: Defending my people and my culture / Victoria Pérez; title: A proud daughter of a Mexican worker / Magda Ramírez-Castañeda; title: Social action / Leonard G. Ramírez; title: Women of 18th Street : our preliminary assessment / Yenelli Flores ... [et al.].