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Chicana Leadership features fifteen essays from the notable women's journal Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies that demonstrate the strength and diversity of Chicanas as well as their continuing struggle to have their voices heard. Noted scholars discuss issues ranging from the feminist prototype La Malinche to Chicana writers and national ideology, from gender and identity to ideas of culture and romance, and from tokenism to the diversity within the Chicana community.
List of contents
IntroductionLa Malinche, Feminist Prototype Cordelia CandelariaGender and Ethnic Identity among Chicanos Maxine Baca ZinnAbriendo caminos in the Brotherland: Chicana Writers Respond to the Ideology of Literary Nationalism Roberta FernandezThe Living Legacy of Chicana Performers: Preserving History through Oral Testimony Yolanda Broyles-GonzalezThe Faith of Activists: Barrios, Cities, and the Chicana Feminist Response Margarita Cota-CardenasReflections on Diversity among Chicanas Patricia ZavellaWriting, Politics, and las Lesberadas: Platicando con Gloria Anzaldua AnnLouise KeatingGender, Race, and Culture: Spanish-Mexican Women in the Historiography of Frontier California Antonia I. CastanedaGender, Labor History, and Chicano/a Ethnic Identity Sarah DeutschTraditional and Nontraditional Patterns of Female Activism in the United Farm Workers of America, 1962 to 1980 Margaret RoseMexican American Women Grassroots Community Activists: "Mothers of East Los Angeles" Mary PardoAwareness, Consciousness, and Resistance: Raced, Classed, and Gendered Leadership Interactions in Milagro County, California Josephine Mendez-Negrete"Checkin' Up on My Guy": Chicanas, Social Capital, and the Culture of Romance Angela ValenzuelaSense and Responsibility Maribel SosaThe Making of a Token: A Case Study of Stereotype Threat, Stigma, Racism, and Tokenism in Academe Yolanda Flores Niemann
About the author
Yolanda Flores Niemann is an associate professor of comparative American cultures and the director of Latino/Latina Outreach at Washington State University, Tri-Cities. Susan H. Armitage is a professor of history at Washington State University and the editor of Frontiers. Patricia Hart and Karen Weather-mon are managing editors of Frontiers.
Summary
Aims to break the stereotypes of Mexican-American women and look at how they shape their own lives and communities
