{"product_id":"500-years-of-chicana-womens-history-500-anos-de-la-mujer-chicana-bilingual-edition-paperback-softback-9780813542249","title":"500 Years of Chicana Women's History \/ 500 años De La Mujer Chicana; Bilingual Edition (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813542249","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e500 Years of Chicana Women's History \/ 500 años De La Mujer Chicana\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBilingual Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth \"Betita\" Martínez (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813542249\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 February 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages, 899 illust\u003cbr\u003e27.9 x 21 x 2.5 cm, 0.966 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"A much-needed work: this bilingual history describing feminism's role in Chicana women's lives, from pre-columbian Mexico to now.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Ms. Magazine) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This history passionately shows that through unity and perseverance womencan make the world a better place for Chicanas\/os and, indeed, for peoplefrom a diversity of backgrounds.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Professor Alma M. Garcia (author of Narratives of Mexican American Women)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNamed the 2009 AAUP Best of the Best - Outstanding Book Distinction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The history of Mexican Americans spans more than five centuries and varies from region to region across the United States. Yet most of our history books devote at most a chapter to Chicano history, with even less attention to the story of Chicanas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e500 Years of Chicana Women’s History \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a powerful antidote to this omission with a vivid, pictorial account of struggle and survival, resilience and achievement, discrimination and identity. The bilingual text, along with hundreds of photos and other images, ranges from female-centered stories of pre-Columbian Mexico to profiles of contemporary social justice activists, labor leaders, youth organizers, artists, and environmentalists, among others.  With a distinguished, seventeen-member advisory board, the book presents a remarkable combination of scholarship and youthful appeal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the section on jobs held by Mexicanas under U.S. rule in the 1800s, for example, readers learn about flamboyant DoÑa Tules, who owned a popular gambling saloon in Santa Fe, and Eulalia Arrilla de PÉrez, a respected curandera (healer) in the San Diego area. Also covered are the “repatriation” campaigns” of the Midwest during the Depression that deported both adults and children, 75 percent of whom were U.S.–born and knew nothing of Mexico. Other stories include those of the garment, laundry, and cannery worker strikes, told from the perspective of Chicanas on the ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the women who fought and died in the Mexican Revolution to those marching with their young children today for immigrant rights, every story draws inspiration. Like the editor’s previous book, \u003ci\u003e500 Years of Chicano History\u003c\/i\u003e (still in print after 30 years), this thoroughly enriching view of Chicana women’s history promises to become a classic.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e The Story of La Chicana Begins\u003cbr\u003e A New Invader Comes\u003cbr\u003e Chicanas at Work Under U.S. Rule\u003cbr\u003e La RevoluciÓ\u003cbr\u003en Mexicana\u003cbr\u003e Let's Go To the U.S.\u003cbr\u003e The Great Depression, Repatriation, Strike!\u003cbr\u003e World War II\u003cbr\u003e The Movement is Born\u003cbr\u003e Life of a Farmworker Woman\u003cbr\u003e Our Own Party\u003cbr\u003e No a la Guerra en Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e Work = Struggle\u003cbr\u003e VIVA LA MUJER!\u003cbr\u003e Mujeres who love women\u003cbr\u003e Walking the Red Road\u003cbr\u003e Culture contains the seed...\u003cbr\u003e Today's Writers\u003cbr\u003e MÚ\u003cbr\u003esica, Teatro, Film,\u003cbr\u003e The Counter-Insurgency\u003cbr\u003e The Land That Came Back to Life\u003cbr\u003e The Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice\u003cbr\u003e New Worker Struggles\u003cbr\u003e Immigrant Rights\u003cbr\u003e Alliance Building Across Color Lines\u003cbr\u003e Chicanas in Public Office\u003cbr\u003e Youth Are Rising\u003cbr\u003e Not to Be Forgotten\u003cbr\u003e Further Reading\u003cbr\u003e Photo \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e Illustration Credits\u003cbr\u003e About the Author \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559290368280,"sku":"9780813542249","price":25.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/500-years-of-chicana-womens-history-500-anos-de-la-mujer-chicana-bilingual-edition-paperback-softback-9780813542249","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}