Mexican American Women, Dress and Gender - Pachucas, Chicanas, Cholas

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

A Note to the Reader

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Dress, Clothing, Fashion and Style

1.1. The Function of Dress

1.2. Clothing, Fashion and Style

Chapter 2. The 20th Century and Fashion

Chapter 3. Style, Subcultures and Mexican American Women

Chapter 4. Pachucas: Breaking the Norms in the Forties

4.1. Life and Expectations for US Women in the Forties

4.1.1. World War II and Mexican American Women

4.2. Women’s Fashion in the Forties

4.3. The Pachuca: A Rebel Withouth a Cause

4.3.1. Pachucas, Pachucos and the Zoot Suit Riots

4.3.2. The Pachuca Style Politics

Chapter 5. Chicanas: Fighting the Norm in the Seventies

5.1. Life and Expectations for US Women in the Seventies

5.2. Women’s Fashion in the Seventies

5.3. El Movimiento Chicano and La Chicana

5.4. The Chicana Style Politics

5.4.1. The Brown Berets

5.4.2. The Chicana Feminist Activists

Chapter 6. Cholas: Adapting to Other Norms in the Nineties

6.1. Life and Expectations for US Young Women in the Nineties

6.2. Women’s Fashion in the Nineties

6.3. Gangs and Cholo/a Style in 20th century Barrios

6.3.1. The Girls in/around the Gang

6.4. The Chola Style Politics

Concluding Remarks

Works Cited

About the author

Amaia Ibarraran-Bigalondo is a lecturer at the University of the Basque Country, Spain.

Summary

Mexican American Women, Dress and Gender observes how Pachucas, Chicanas and Cholas have used their body image (dress, hairstyle and body language) as a political tool of deviation and attempts to measure the degree of intentionality in said oppositional stance.

Product details

• Authors: Amaia Ibarraran-Bigalondo, Amaia (University of the Basq Ibarraran-Bigalondo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367671563
• ISBN: 978-0-367-67156-3
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Mexico, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Fashion & society, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Cultural studies: dress and society