The power of representation : history, memory, and the cultural refiguring of La Malinche's lineage -- Chicana feminism : spirituality, sexuality, and Mexican goddesses re-membered -- Las historias : sexuality, gender roles, and La Virgen de Guadalupe reconsidered -- Cultural anxieties and truths : gender, nationalism, and La Llorona retellings -- Reading dynamics of power : oral histories, feminist research, and the politics of location
Summary
A comparative study of working-class and elite intellectual Mexican and Mexican American women that focuses on their sexuality and identity. Blake sees a continuum of Chicana feminist thinking, showing how both groups of women expand lifestyle choices and promote the well-being of women of Mexican origin or descent
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index
Notes
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