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Chicana Liberation: Women and Mexican American Politics in Los Angeles, 1945-1981

Chicana Liberation: Women and Mexican American Politics in Los Angeles, 1945-1981

Chávez, Marisela R.

Paperback

Series: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History

General Political ScienceLatino StudiesRegional: West

ISBN10: 025208781X
ISBN13: 9780252087813
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: Apr 30 2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.91 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Mexican American women reached across generations to develop a bridging activism that drew on different methods and ideologies to pursue their goals. Marisela R. Chávez uses a wealth of untapped oral histories to reveal the diverse ways activist Mexican American women in Los Angeles claimed their own voices and space while seeking to leverage power. Chávez tells the stories of the people who honed beliefs and practices before the advent of the Chicano movement and the participants in the movement after its launch in the late 1960s. As she shows, Chicanas across generations challenged societal traditions that at first assumed their place on the sidelines and then assigned them second-class status within political structures built on their work. Fueled by a surging pride in their Mexican heritage and indigenous roots, these activists created spaces for themselves that acknowledged their lives as Mexicans and women.

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