Chicana Feminism

1. CHICANA/FEMINIST IN
WORDS

2. HER REFLECTION
 Double Consciousness? Triple Consciousness
 Third Space as a border space-the inbetween
consciousness
 Chicana feminism originates in the community and on the
streets as political activism to end the oppression of women.
(421)
 Chicana-identified critic, alert to the relationships between
her work and the political situation of all Chicanas.

3. STRUGGLE TO SEE HERSELF
 Struggle to appropriate the “I” of literary discourse.
 Struggle for empowerment in the economic, social,, and
political spheres.
 Different from mainstream feminism and different from a
Chicano perspective.
 Race, culture, social critics, class but neglected gender
and sexuality.

4. BRIDGE CALLED MY BACK
 1981: “documented the rage and frustration of women of
color with the white women’s movement, not only for the
racism, the tokenism, the exclusion and invisibility of women
of color, but also for ignoring the issues of working-class
women of color (such as forced-sterilization).
 Love of Chicanas for themselves and each other as
Chicanas.

5. WHAT IS HER MISSION?
 To show, in words, elements of gender, race, culture, and
class.
 Multiple connotations of color and femaleness of class and
culture within the dominant culture.
 Chicanas reject definition.
 The refuse objectification imposed by gender roles and
racial and economic exploitation

6. OBSTACLES TO SELF-EXPRESSION
 Have to overcome external, material obstacles to writing
 Limited access to literacy and the means of literary production
 Finding time and leisure to write, given the battle for
economic survival.
 Must draw from the deep-core of their identity as working-class
women of color who belong to a culture other than the
dominant one.
 Quote about Anzaldúa on 422 “Speaking in Tongues”

7. HOUSE ON MANGO
STREET
 Esperanza is a critical eye to what will befall working-class
Chicanas if they don’t become educated and WRITE!
 Esperanza seeks self-empowerment through writing, while
recognizing her commitment to a community of Chicanas.
 Passed down the power of writing and of women through
the publication of her book. Shows community with other
women.

8. CHICANA ARTISTS
Mestizaje Literary and Artisitic Forms since the
Movement

9. JUDITH BACA
The Great Wall of Los Angeles

10. SANTA BARRAZA
Four Decades of Chicana Art and Culture in Tejas and
Beyond

11. CARMEN LOMAS GARZA
Curadera

12. ESTER HERNÁNDEZ

13. YOLANDA LÓPEZ
Lady of
Guadalupe

14. PATRICIA RODRÍGUEZ
Retablo

15. PATSSI VALDEZ
The
Dream