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11. Visions of Utopia while Living in Occupied Aztlán

  • Osa Hidalgo de la Riva Riva and Maylei Blackwell
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Chicana Movidas
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: Movements, Movimientos, and Movidas 1
  5. Part I. Hallway Movidas
  6. 1. Francisca Flores, the League of Mexican American Women, and the Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, 1958–1975 33
  7. 2. Mujeres Bravas: How Chicanas Shaped the Feminist Agenda at the National IWY Conference in Houston, 1977 51
  8. 3. “Women Need to Find Their Voice”: Latinas Speak Out in the Midwest, 1972 76
  9. 4. “It’s Not a Natural Order”: Religion and the Emergence of Chicana Feminism in the Cursillo Movement in San Jose 91
  10. 5. Many Roads, One Path: A Testimonio of Gloria E. Anzaldúa 110
  11. Part II. Home-Making Movidas
  12. 6. La Causa de los Pobres: Alicia Escalante’s Lived Experiences of Poverty and the Struggle for Economic Justice 123
  13. 7. Women Who Make Their Own Worlds: The Life and Work of Ester Hernández 138
  14. 8. Feminista Frequencies: Chicana Radio Activism in the Pacific Northwest 159
  15. 9. Excavating the Chicano Movement: Chicana Feminism, Mobilization, and Leadership at El Centro de la Raza, 1972–1979 174
  16. 10. The Space in Between: Exploring the Development of Chicana Feminist Thought in Central Texas 189
  17. 11. Visions of Utopia while Living in Occupied Aztlán 207
  18. Part III. Movidas of Crossing
  19. 12. Forging a Brown-Black Movement: Chicana and African American Women Organizing for Welfare Rights in Los Angeles 227
  20. 13. “Tu Reata Es Mi Espada”: Elizabeth Sutherland’s Chicana Formation 245
  21. 14. “La Raza en Canada”: San Diego Chicana Activists, the Indochinese Women’s Conference of 1971, and Third World Womanism 261
  22. 15. María Jiménez: Reflexiones on Traversing Multiple Fronteras in the South 276
  23. 16. De Campesina a Internacionalista: A Journey of Encuentros y Desencuentros 290
  24. Part IV. Memory Movidas
  25. 17. Unpacking Our Mothers’ Libraries: Practices of Chicana Memory before and after the Digital Turn 299
  26. 18. Refocusing Chicana International Feminism: Photographs, Postmemory, and Political Trauma 317
  27. 19. La Mariposa de Oro: The Journey of an Advocate 327
  28. 20. My Deliberate Pursuit of Freedom 344
  29. 21. Manifesto de Memoria: (Re)Living the Movement without Blinking 355
  30. Notes 375
  31. Contributors 432
  32. Index 440
https://doi.org/10.7560/315583-013

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: Movements, Movimientos, and Movidas 1
  5. Part I. Hallway Movidas
  6. 1. Francisca Flores, the League of Mexican American Women, and the Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, 1958–1975 33
  7. 2. Mujeres Bravas: How Chicanas Shaped the Feminist Agenda at the National IWY Conference in Houston, 1977 51
  8. 3. “Women Need to Find Their Voice”: Latinas Speak Out in the Midwest, 1972 76
  9. 4. “It’s Not a Natural Order”: Religion and the Emergence of Chicana Feminism in the Cursillo Movement in San Jose 91
  10. 5. Many Roads, One Path: A Testimonio of Gloria E. Anzaldúa 110
  11. Part II. Home-Making Movidas
  12. 6. La Causa de los Pobres: Alicia Escalante’s Lived Experiences of Poverty and the Struggle for Economic Justice 123
  13. 7. Women Who Make Their Own Worlds: The Life and Work of Ester Hernández 138
  14. 8. Feminista Frequencies: Chicana Radio Activism in the Pacific Northwest 159
  15. 9. Excavating the Chicano Movement: Chicana Feminism, Mobilization, and Leadership at El Centro de la Raza, 1972–1979 174
  16. 10. The Space in Between: Exploring the Development of Chicana Feminist Thought in Central Texas 189
  17. 11. Visions of Utopia while Living in Occupied Aztlán 207
  18. Part III. Movidas of Crossing
  19. 12. Forging a Brown-Black Movement: Chicana and African American Women Organizing for Welfare Rights in Los Angeles 227
  20. 13. “Tu Reata Es Mi Espada”: Elizabeth Sutherland’s Chicana Formation 245
  21. 14. “La Raza en Canada”: San Diego Chicana Activists, the Indochinese Women’s Conference of 1971, and Third World Womanism 261
  22. 15. María Jiménez: Reflexiones on Traversing Multiple Fronteras in the South 276
  23. 16. De Campesina a Internacionalista: A Journey of Encuentros y Desencuentros 290
  24. Part IV. Memory Movidas
  25. 17. Unpacking Our Mothers’ Libraries: Practices of Chicana Memory before and after the Digital Turn 299
  26. 18. Refocusing Chicana International Feminism: Photographs, Postmemory, and Political Trauma 317
  27. 19. La Mariposa de Oro: The Journey of an Advocate 327
  28. 20. My Deliberate Pursuit of Freedom 344
  29. 21. Manifesto de Memoria: (Re)Living the Movement without Blinking 355
  30. Notes 375
  31. Contributors 432
  32. Index 440
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