Las Obreras

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ISBN: 9780895510945 | 0895510944
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Copyright: 3/1/2000

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Cultural Writing. Latino/Latina Studies. The fifteen essays collected here offer an insightful new guide toward an interdisciplinary understanding of the memory, voice, and lived experiences of Chicanas in the family and the workplace. By listening carefully to these voices, the contributors engage a complex dynamic of power, public space, and social change.

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Confronting the State
Claiming Public Space at Work, Church, and Neighborhood	p. 13
"She Has Served Others in More Intimate Ways": The Domestic Service Reform in Yucatan, 1915-1918	p. 41
"Woman Sterilized as Gives Birth": Forced Sterilization and Chicana Resistance in the 1970s	p. 65
"We Lived and Breathed and Worked the Movement": The Contradictions and Rewards of Chicana/Mexicana Activism in el Centro de Accion Social Autonomo-Hermandad General de Trabajadores (CASA-HGT), Los Angeles, 1975-1978	p. 83
Creating Community: Mexican American Women in Eastside Los Angeles	p. 107
Organizing Latina Garment Workers in Los Angeles	p. 137
Negotiating the Family
"Work Gave Me a Lot of Confianza": Chicanas' Work Commitment and Work Identity	p. 161
Ambivalence or Continuity? Motherhood and Employment among Chicanas and Mexican Immigrant Workers	p. 181
Levels of Acculturation, Marital Satisfaction, and Depression among Chicana Workers: A Psychological Perspective	p. 211
Situating Stories
Engendering a "Dialectics of Our America": Jovita Gonzalez's Pluralist Dialogue as Feminist Testimonio	p. 237
Three Stories: Campesinas, Onions, and Granma's Apron	p. 257
Mexican Migrants in North Carolina: Maria Salas Shares Her Story	p. 261
Taking Charge
The Synapses of Struggle: Martha Cotera and Tejana Activism	p. 273
"I Want to Be Treated as an Equal": Testimony from a Latina Union Activist	p. 297
"No se raje, chicanita": Some Thoughts on Race, Class, and Gender in the Classroom	p. 305
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