chicano originates from the Aztec Indians who pronounced it meshicano. However the Spaniards had no
sh in their vocabulary and pronounced it mexicano. Although the term chicano was not always used as a warm
term.The term chicano was once found to be a demeaning term , it was associated with newly arrived Mexican
immigrants in the past century. Many Americans associated the word chicano with poor, unskilled, ignorant
people . Also it was used to distinguish Mexicans and
Chicanos by a language barrier. The rst language for
many chicanos became english which took over their natural mother tongue of spanish. The U.S. media also stigmatized the Mexican people by sending the notion all chicanos came from such a corrupt country, all Mexican immigrants were criminals, thieves, and immoral people.
At the rst National Chicana Conference held in Houston, Texas in May 1971, over 600 women organized to
discuss calls regarding equal access to education, legalization of abortion, formation of childcare centers, and
more (Smith, 2002). During the conference, the issues being debated caused its attendees to split into opposing camps; one being the loyalists and the other
being feminists.[6] The loyalists focused their struggle against race/class domination, while the feminists
focused theirs against male domination. The debate
over reproductive rights, for example, caused much conict between the opposing sides. While the loyalists
felt that legalization of abortion and birth control would
tear that la familia, feminists argued that the Chicano
culture that subordinates Chicanas must no longer be
romanticized.[6]
Similarly, Chicana feminists have been blamed for tearing at the values of Chicano culture. The rst reason
for this is that loyalists believed Chicana feminists were
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anti-family, anti-culture, and anti-man, thus pitting them
against the Chicano movement. Furthermore, feminism
In 1820 the Mexican government allowed American itself was viewed by many as individualistic and as somesettlement to take place in certain areas known as thing that was taking away from the more important issues
Texas,Arizona,California, and New Mexico.The term such as racism that Chicanos were facing.[1]
Literature
clear up the human rights , discrimination, and mentioning their opinions on the civil rights movements. Short
stories are very popular among chicano writers where
they share short stories to describe their lives and life
experiences living in the United States. They explained
in great detail using their life experiences to help other
understand the life of a chicano living in the United
States. There are many writers such as Raymond Barrio
who wrote The Plum Pickers(1969) this particular novel
gave insight into the horrible living conditions many
migrant farm workers lived through in order to make a
living . Soon after Peregrinos de Aztlan was released
and gave a huge impact on the human rights being
abused toward Chicanos and people of Hispanic descent.
This novel also described the discrimination and abuse
as well as terrible security on the Mexican American
Border.
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Continually left absent from Chicano music history, many
Chicana musical artists, such as Rita Vidaurri and Mara
de Luz Flores Aceves, more commonly known as Lucha
Reyes, from the 1940s and 50s, can be credited with
many of strides that Chicana Feminist movements have
made in the past century. For example, Vidaurri and
Aceyes were among the rst mexicana women to wear
charro pants while performing rancheras.[8]
By challenging their own conicting backgrounds and
ideologies, Chicana musicians have continually broken
the gender norms of their culture, and therefore created a
space for conversation and change in the Latino communities.
There are many important gures in Chicana music history, each one giving a new social identity to Chicanas
through their music. An important example of a Chicana
musician is Rosita Fernndez, an artist from San Antonio, Texas. Popular in the mid 20th century, she was
called San Antonios First Lady of Song by Lady Bird
Johnson, the Tejano singer is a symbol of Chicana feminism for many Mexican Americans still today. She was
described as larger than life, repeatedly performing in
china poblana dresses, throughout her career, which last
more than 60 years. However, she never received a great
deal of fame outside of the San Antonio, despite her long
reign as one of the most active Mexican American woman
public performers of the 20th century.[9]
Other Chicana Musicians and musical groups:
Chelo Silva - Tejana Singer[10]
Eva Ybarra - Tejana Accordionist (1945 -)[11]
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Ventura Alonzo - Chicana Accordionist (1904 2000)[12]
Eva Garza - Tejana Singer[13]
Selena Quintanilla-Prez - Tejana Singer (1971 1995)
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[1] Garcia, A. M. (June 1, 1989). The Development of Chicana Feminist Discourse, 1970-1980. Gender and Society, 3, 2, 217-238.
[3] Exploring the Chicana Feminist Movement. The University of Michigan. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
Notable people
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Womanism
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Anzalda, Gloria, and Cherre Moraga, editors.
This bridge called my back: writings by radical
women of color. Watertown, Massachusetts: Persephone Press, c1981., Kitchen Table Press, 1983
ISBN 0-930436-10-5.
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Anzalda, Gloria. Borderlands/La Frontera: The
New Mestiza, Aunt Lute Books, ISBN 1-879960-567
Anzalda, Gloria. Making Face. Making Soul: Haciendo Caras: Creative & Critical Perspectives by
Feminists of Color, Aunt Lute Books, 1990, ISBN
1-879960-10-9
Arredondo, Gabriela, et al., editors. Chicana Feminisms: A Critical Reader. Durham, North Carolina:
Duke University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-8223-31055.
Castillo, Adelaida Del.
BETWEEN BORDERS: ESSAYS ON MEXICANA/CHICANA
HISTORY. California: Floricanto Press, 2005.
Castillo, Ana. Massacre of the dreamers : essays on
Xicanisma. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8263-1554-2.
Cotera, Martha. The Chicana feminist. Austin,
Texas: Information Systems Development, 1977.
Garca, Alma M., and Mario T. Garcia, editors.
Chicana Feminist Thought: The Basic Historical
Writings. New York: Routledge, 1997. ISBN 0415-91800-6.
Garcia, Alma M., The Development of Chicana
Feminist Discourse, 1970-1980 in: Gender and Society, Vol. 3, No. 2. (June 1989), pp. 217238.
Hurtado, Aida. The Color of Privilege: Three Blasphemies on Race and Feminism. Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0-47206531-8.
Ramos, Juanita. Companeras: Latina Lesbians,
Latina Lesbian History Project, 1987, ISBN 978-0415-90926-6
Roma-Carmona, Mariana, Alma Gomez and Cherre Moraga. Cuentos: Stories by Latinas, Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press.
Roth, Benita. Separate Roads to Feminism: Black,
Chicana, and White Feminist Movements in Americas Second Wave, Cambridge University Press,
2003, ISBN 0-521-52972-7
Vivancos Perez, Ricardo F. Radical Chicana Poetics.
London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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