Jaraner@: Chicana/o acculturation strategy [PDF]
, 2012 Jaranera and Jaranero, literally defined as an individual whom plays the jarana, has become a term of identification for many Chicanas and Chicanos around the Los Angeles-area since at least 2006.
Sanchez-Tello, George B.
core
reservedThe primary objective of this thesis is to explore the interplay of literature and visual arts in shaping the Chicana narrative, thus with a specific focus on women’s cultural impact.
MAURO, GIULIA
core
Chicana single-mothers and U.S. welfare policy [PDF]
, 2003 The passage of the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act (PR WORA) in 1996 significantly affected the lives of Chicana single-mothers and their 1 families.
Mora, Juana Maria
core
When You're Out, You're Not Really Out: Exiting Strategies Among Gang-Affiliated Chicanas
Journal of Public and Professional Sociology, 2019 In recent years there has been an increased focus on gang desistence and exiting strategies, yet little is known at present regarding the experiences of women exiting the gang lifestyle.
Abigail F. Kolb, Ted Palys, Ashley Green
doaj
Los Angeles Logos. Literární ztvárnění města-hranice v chicanské próze // Los Angeles Logos. Literary representation of the city-frontier in Chicana/o fiction [PDF]
Svět Literatury, 2017 In Chicana/o prose, namely the fiction of Helena María Viramontes, the artistic depiction of the city of Los Angeles becomes a synecdochic expression of the frontier space.
Markéta Riebová
doaj
El "Xicanismo" como método de análisis de la Novela Chicana de Mujeres : el caso de Ana Castillo [PDF]
, 1999 The reality of the Chicana, as a consequence of the complexity of her circumstances, differs widely from that of her male counterparts and other North American women.
Ibarraran Bigalondo, Amaia
core +1 more source
Finding My Chicana Soul in the Languages of My Violin [PDF]
, 2019 This auto-ethnographic work consists of my journey through my violin and how my instrument helped me unpack what it means to be Chicana. Learning and playing the violin helped me find my voice as a new way of expressing myself, but it also brought me ...
Garay, Kenya
core
Social and Environmental Justice: Land and Housing in Chicana Literatur
Revista Canaria de Estudios InglesesThis article analyzes the novels The House on Mango Street (Cisneros, 1984), So Far from God (Castillo, 1993) and Under the Feet of Jesus (Viramontes, 1995) and the drama Heroes and Saints (Moraga, 1994) from the perspective of social and environmental justice, tak- ing into account Cherríe Moraga’s concept of Land, in which home plays a primary role ...
openaire +3 more sources
Crossing Borderlands: The Face of Chicana Border Literature [PDF]
, 2005 Chicana literature details the trials and tribulations of Chicana life at the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. In particular it focuses on different challenges Chicana women face at the borderlands they must cross.
Ruiz, Irene
core
No somos chingados: ideological constructions of male heterosexuality in Mexican American literature from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s [PDF]
, 2015 From the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s, Chicana literary production increased. During this time, Chicana authors concentrate on women's issues and oppression within patriarchy.
Monica Crystal Villalobos Rodriguez
core