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From out of the shadows : Mexican women in twentieth-century America /

The first full study of Mexican-American women in the 20th century shows how Mexican-American women, by building families and extended networks and by participating in community associations and political protest, helped establish Mexican-American in the United States. The book uses interviews and p...

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Main Author: Ruíz, Vicki.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Subjects and Genres:
Chicana
1900-1999
Mexican American women > History > 20th century.
Mexican American women > Social conditions.
Américaines d'origine mexicaine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Américaines d'origine mexicaine > Conditions sociales.
Mexican American women.
Soziale Situation
Mexicaanse Amerikanen.
Vrouwen.
Chicana.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1.
  • Border Journeys
  • 2.
  • Confronting "America"
  • 3.
  • The Flapper and the Chaperone
  • 4.
  • With Pickets, Baskets, and Ballots
  • 5.
  • La Nueva Chicana: Women and the Movement
  • 6.
  • Claiming Public Space.

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