Latina Issues: Fragments of Historia(ella) (Herstory) / Edition 1

by Antoinette S. Lopez

Overview

This book attempts to make Latina history visible and Latina voices heard. It focuses solely on women – not to marginalize Latina stories but to showcase them, illustrating Latina perspectives on colonization, gender, race, and class.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815334064
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/1999
Series:	Paperback Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

University of New Mexico School of Law.

Table of Contents

vii Introduction — 2 Malintzin Tenepal: A Preliminary Look into a New Perspective /Adelaida R. Del Castillo — 29 The Widowed Women of Santa Fe: Assessments on the Lives of an Unmarried Population, 1850-80 /Deena J. Gonzalez — 55 Dead Ends or Gold Mines?: Using Missionary Records in Mexican-American Women's History /Vicki Ruiz — 79 The Chicana in American History: The Mexican Women of El Paso, 1880-1920 — A Case Study /Mario T. Garcia — 102 Puertorriquenas in the United States: The Impact of Double Discrimination /Lourdes Miranda King — 111 Labor Market Stratification: The Chicana Experience /Denise Segura — 147 Day Work in the Suburbs: The Work Experience of Chicana Private Housekeepers /Mary Romero — 163 Cuban Women in the U.S. Labor Force: Perspectives on the Nature of Change /Yolanda Prieto — 183 Se me acabo la cancion: An Ethnography of Non-Consenting Sterilizations Among Mexican Women in Los Angeles /Carlos G. Velez-1 — 204 Chicanas and the Law /Virginia Martinez — 217 Hispanic Women Breaking New Ground Through Leadership /Gloria Bonilla-Santiago — 237 Political Familism: Toward Sex Role Equality in Chicano Families /Maxine Baca Zinn — 252 Marital Decision-Making and the Role of Machismo in the Chicano Family /Lea Ybarra — 269 Chicanas and the Issue of Involuntary Sterilization: Reforms Needed to Protect Informed Consent /Antonia Hernandez — 305 Privacy and the Regulation of the New Reproductive Technologies: A Decision-Making Approach /Antoinette Sedillo Lopez — 331 The Implications of Being a Society of One /Rachel F. Moran — 343 Two Legal Constructs of Motherhood: Protective Legislation in Mexico and the United States /Antoinette Sedillo Lopez — 359 The Development of Chicana Feminist Discourse, 1970-1980 /Alma M. Garcia — 382 Chicana Studies: Is There a Future for Us in Women Studies? /Tey Diana Rebolledo — 389 Ain't I a Feminist? /Celina Romany — 401 Chicanas and El Movimiento /Adaljiza Sosa Riddell — 413 Abnormal Intimacy: The Varying Work Networks of Chicana Cannery Workers /Patricia Zavella — 431 Acknowledgments.

Editorial Reviews

The second of six volumes in the series explores the fragments of history available about Latinas in the US and highlights their emerging voices, in a unified collection of reprinted articles. Each of the articles illustrates Latina perspectives on colonization, gender, race, and class. The earliest of the articles were originally published in 1974: Puertorriquenas in the United States: The Impact of Double Discrimination; and Chicanas and El Movimiento. The most recent were originally published in 1992: Two Legal Constructs of Motherhood: "Protective" Legislation in Mexico and the United States; and Chicana Studies: Is There a Future for Us in Women Studies? Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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