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"This manuscript introduces the reader to Chicana feminisms as a field of study. The focus is on providing an overview to prepare the reader to pursue more specific areas and authors within Chicana feminisms. It provides an overview of the field of Chicana feminisms, tracing the historical origins of Chicanas' efforts to bring attention to the effects of gender in Chicana and Chicano studies; highlights the innovative and pathbreaking methodologies developed within the field of Chicana feminisms, such as testimonio, conocimiento, and auto-historia; explores Chicana art and activism; and looks to the future of Chicana feminisms by discussing the newest developments in the field. As is customary in the Mexican American Experience series, there will be additional suggested readings and exercises at the end of each chapter"--

Chicana feminist writers have written eloquently about the condition of women in their communities. Many of them have aligned themselves with and participated in various political movements. This practice has infused their theorizing with various influences which makes them similar to other feminist theorists but also different. This paper provides an overview of how Chicana feminist writings address the ethnic specific ways in which gender oppression is imposed on them and their proposals for liberation.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Beyond Machismo: The Research Context -- CHAPTER 2 Chicana Intersectional Understandings: Theorizing Social Identities and the Construction of Privilege and Oppression -- CHAPTER 3 Toward New Masculinities: A Chicana Feminist Intersectional Analysis of Latinos' Definitions of Manhoods -- CHAPTER 4 The Latino/a Gendered Educational Pipeline: Vulnerabilities and Assets in Pathways to Achievement -- CHAPTER 5 Relating to Feminisms: Intersectionality in Latino and White Men's Views on Gender Equality -- CHAPTER 6 Relating to Oppression: Intersectionality in Defining Latino Men's Views on Chicana Feminisms -- CHAPTER 7 Intersectionality at Work: Regression, Redemption, Reconciliation -- APPENDIX Seven Stages of Conocimiento -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index