Title: La Chicana
Description: La Chicana is the story of a marginal group in society, neither fully Mexican or fully American, who suffer under triple oppression: as women, as members of a colonized culture, and as victims of a cultural heritage dominated by the cult of machismo. Tracing the role of Chicanas from pre-Columbian society to the present, the authors reveal the antecedents and roots of contemporary cultural expectations in Aztec, colonial, and revolutionary Mexican historical periods. A discussion of the contribution of modern Chicanas to their community and to feminism and a look at literary stereotypes and the emergence of Chicana literature to counter them round out this perceptive and sympathetic analysis.
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Subjects: Ethnic studies, Women's studies, Biography & Autobiography, Biography / Autobiography, Biography/Autobiography, Mexico, USA, General, Biography & Autobiography / General, Mexican American women, Mexican-Americans, Women, Mexican americans