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List of contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
A NOTE ON ETHNIC LABELS
I. Introduction
Beatriz M. Pesquera and Adela de la Torre
PART ONE • Acts of Domination I Acts of Resistance
2. Sexual Violence in the Politics and Policies of Conquest:
Amerindian Women and the Spanish Conquest of Alta California
Antonia I. Castafieda
3. And, Yes .. . The Earth Did Part: On the Splitting of
Chicanafo Subjectivity
Angie Chabram Dernersesian
4. Speaking from the Margin: Uninvited Discourse on Sexuality and Power
Emma Perez
PART TWO • Cultural Representations I Cultural Presentations
5. La Tules of Image and Reality: Euro-American Attitudes and
Legend Formation on a Spanish-Mexican Frontier
Deena]. Gonzalez
6. "It Is My Last Wish That .. . ":A Look at Colonial
Nuevo Mexicanas through Their Testaments
Angelina F Vryna
7. "Star Struck": Acculturation, Adolescence, and the
Mexican American Woman, 1920- 1950
Vicki L. Ruiz
8. The Mother Motif in La Bamba and Boulevard Nights
Rosa Linda Fregoso
PART THREE • Contested Domains: Economy and Family
9. Gender, Class, and Households: Migration Patterns in
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Maria de los Angeles Crummett
I0. Hard Choices and Changing Roles among Mexican Migrant Campesinas
Adela de la Torre
II. "In the Beginning He Wouldn't Lift Even a Spoon":
The Division of Household Labor
Beatriz M. Pesquera
PART FOUR • Social Reproduction: Institutional and
"Uninstitutional" Lives
12. Slipping through the Cracks: Dilemmas in Chicana Education
Denise A. Segura
13. Gender and the Life Course: A Case Study of Chicana Elderly
Elisa Facio
14. Conclusion
Adela de la Torre and Beatriz M. Pesquera
INDEX
About the author
Adela de la Torre is Chair of Mexican-American Studies and Associate Professor of Health Care Administration at California State University, Long Beach. Beatriz Pesquera is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis.
Summary
A collection of articles addressing the history of Chicana women. From a diverse range of perspectives, it chronicles the rich tapestry of Chicanas' lives over the last three centuries. Focusing on how women have grappled with political subordination and sexual exploitation, it confronts the complex intersection of class, race, and gender.
