From Out of the Shadows - Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America

Zusatztext In...a stirring portrayal of women's courage and agency! Ruiz's book epitomizes illuminative scholarship. Informationen zum Autor Vicki L. Ruiz is Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies and Dean of the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Klappentext An anniversary edition of the first full study of Mexican American women in the twentieth century, with new preface Zusammenfassung An anniversary edition of the first full study of Mexican American women in the twentieth century, with new preface Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Border Journeys 2: Confronting "America" 3: The Flapper and the Chaperone 4: With Pickets, Baskets, and Ballots 5: La Nueva Chicana: Women and the Movement 6: Claiming Public Space Afterword

Product details

• Authors: Vicki L. Ruiz
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2008
• EAN: 9780195374773
• ISBN: 978-0-19-537477-3
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Mexico, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General