Intersectional Chicana Feminisms: Sitios y Lenguas
Chicana feminisms are living theory deriving value and purpose by affecting social change. Advocating for and demonstrating the importance of an intersectional, multidisciplinary, activist understanding of Chicanas, Intersectional Chicana Feminisms provides a much-needed overview of the key theories, thinkers, and activists that have contributed to Chicana feminist thought.

Aída Hurtado, a leading Chicana feminist and scholar, traces the origins of Chicanas’ efforts to bring attention to the effects of gender in Chicana and Chicano studies. Highlighting the innovative and pathbreaking methodologies developed within the field of Chicana feminisms—such as testimonio, conocimiento, and autohistoria—this book offers an accessible introduction to Chicana theory, methodology, art, and activism. Hurtado also looks at the newest developments in the field and the future of Chicana feminisms.

The book includes short biographies of key Chicana feminists, additional suggested readings, and exercises with each chapter to extend opportunities for engagement in classroom and workshop settings.
 
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Intersectional Chicana Feminisms: Sitios y Lenguas
Chicana feminisms are living theory deriving value and purpose by affecting social change. Advocating for and demonstrating the importance of an intersectional, multidisciplinary, activist understanding of Chicanas, Intersectional Chicana Feminisms provides a much-needed overview of the key theories, thinkers, and activists that have contributed to Chicana feminist thought.

Aída Hurtado, a leading Chicana feminist and scholar, traces the origins of Chicanas’ efforts to bring attention to the effects of gender in Chicana and Chicano studies. Highlighting the innovative and pathbreaking methodologies developed within the field of Chicana feminisms—such as testimonio, conocimiento, and autohistoria—this book offers an accessible introduction to Chicana theory, methodology, art, and activism. Hurtado also looks at the newest developments in the field and the future of Chicana feminisms.

The book includes short biographies of key Chicana feminists, additional suggested readings, and exercises with each chapter to extend opportunities for engagement in classroom and workshop settings.
 
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Intersectional Chicana Feminisms: Sitios y Lenguas

Intersectional Chicana Feminisms: Sitios y Lenguas

by Aída Hurtado
Intersectional Chicana Feminisms: Sitios y Lenguas

Intersectional Chicana Feminisms: Sitios y Lenguas

by Aída Hurtado

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Chicana feminisms are living theory deriving value and purpose by affecting social change. Advocating for and demonstrating the importance of an intersectional, multidisciplinary, activist understanding of Chicanas, Intersectional Chicana Feminisms provides a much-needed overview of the key theories, thinkers, and activists that have contributed to Chicana feminist thought.

Aída Hurtado, a leading Chicana feminist and scholar, traces the origins of Chicanas’ efforts to bring attention to the effects of gender in Chicana and Chicano studies. Highlighting the innovative and pathbreaking methodologies developed within the field of Chicana feminisms—such as testimonio, conocimiento, and autohistoria—this book offers an accessible introduction to Chicana theory, methodology, art, and activism. Hurtado also looks at the newest developments in the field and the future of Chicana feminisms.

The book includes short biographies of key Chicana feminists, additional suggested readings, and exercises with each chapter to extend opportunities for engagement in classroom and workshop settings.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780816541232
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 02/11/2020
Series: The Mexican American Experience
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 232
Sales rank: 170,624
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Aída Hurtado is the Luis Leal Endowed Chair and a professor in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is co-author of Chicana/o Identity in a Changing U.S. Society and co-author of Beyond Machismo: Intersectional Latino Masculinities.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Legacy of Martha Cotera’s The Chicana Feminist
1. Sitios y Lenguas / Spaces and Languaging: Creating Chicana Feminisms
2. “Me Siento Continente” / I Feel Myself Continent: Chicana Feminist Methodologies
3. “Mi Lucha Es Mi Arte” / My Struggle Is My Art: Chicana Feminisms and Art
4. “Por La Raza Habla Mi Espíritu” / Through My People Speaks My Spirit: Intersectional Chicana Feminisms and the Women’s March on Washington
Notes
References
Index
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