Speaking Chicana : voice, power, and identity / edited by D. Letticia Galindo, María Dolores Gonzales.

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Other Authors: Galindo, D. Letticia (Delma Letticia), 1952-1998, Gonzales, María Dolores, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1999.
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Table of Contents:
  • Crossing social and cultural borders: the road to language hybridity / María Dolores Gonzales
  • Fighting words: Latina girls, gangs, and language attitudes / Norma Mendoza-Denton
  • Speaking as a Chicana: tracing cultural heritage through silence and betrayal / Jacqueline M. Martínez
  • The power of language: from the back of the bus to the ivory tower / Christine Marín
  • Challenging tradition: opening the headgate / Ida M. Luján
  • Mexican blood runs through my veins / Aurora E. Orozco
  • Searching for a voice: ambiguities and possibilities / Erlinda Gonzales-Berry
  • Sacred cults, subversive icons: Chicanas and the pictorial language of Catholicism / Charlene Villaseñor Black
  • Caló and taboo language use among Chicanas: a description of linguistic appropriation and innovation / D. Letticia Galindo
  • Máscaras, trenzas, y greñas : un/masking the self while un/braiding Latina stories and legal discourse / Margaret E. Montoya.