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Using her observations of the United Nation's Fourth World Women's Conference held in China in 1995 as a foundation, the author examines the history and current situation of Latinas and attempts to place them in a global context. After examining the goals, objectives, and atmosphere of the Conference, she analyzes the Chicana feminist movement and its legacy and how Chicanas have struggled to relate to the Conference and its human rights platform. She then profiles U.S. Latinas and presents data on their reality in today's world. The response to U.S. expansionist policies and the Americanization process is examined and related to the Chicana feminist movement and its legacy. An important synthesis for students and researchers in Ethnic and Race Relations and Women's Studies.
List of contents
Introduction
The U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women
Struggling to Participate
Defining Chicana Feminism
Cultural Sovereignty
The Feminization of Racism: Challenging a Colonial Legacy
Existing in a State of Colonialization
U.S. Expansion and Resistance to the Americanization Process
Chicana Feminist Movement
Decentralizing White Patriarchy
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the author
IRENE I. BLEA is Chairperson of the Chicano Studies Department, California State University, Los Angeles. A well-respected feminist scholar of U.S. life and culture, she has published extensively, including
Toward a Chicano Social Science (Praeger, 1988),
La Chicana and the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender (Praeger, 1991), and
Researching Chicano Communities: Social-Historical, Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual Space (Praeger, 1995).
