Chicana Without Apology: The New Chicana Cultural Studies - Brossura

Torres, Eden E.

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ISBN 10: 0415935067 ISBN 13: 9780415935067

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2003

Riassunto

By approaching Chicana/o issues from the frames of feminism, social activism, and cultural studies, and by considering both lived experience and the latest research, Torres offers a more comprehensive understanding of current Chicana life. Through compelling prose, Torres masterfully weaves her own story as a first-generation Mexican American with interviews with activists and other Mexican-American women to document the present fight for social justice and the struggles of living between two worlds.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Edén E. Torres is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Minnesota.

Product Description:

In this book, writer and activist Eden Torres lays the groundwork for a groundbreaking new understanding of Chicana feminist thought. By approaching Chicana/o issues from the frames of feminism, social activism and cultural studies, and by considering both lived experience and theory, Torres offers a more comprehensive understanding of current Chicana life. Torres's prose is compelling and, often, highly personal, recollecting her own story as a first-generation Mexican American; the only person in her family to ever go to college, much less earn a Ph.D. and become a professor. The book struggles to merge the two worlds of academic feminism and the barrio , finding that in the fight for social justice, each has something vital to offer the other. For anyone wishing to understand the challenges U.S. society poses for women of any complex cultural heritage, this will be a must-read book.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0415935067
• ISBN 13: 9780415935067
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 234