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Chicano may derive from the Mexica people, originally pronounced Meh-Shee-Ka. [43]The etymology of the term Chicano is the subject of some debate by historians. [44] Some believe Chicano is a Spanish language derivative of an older Nahuatl word Mexitli ("Meh-shee-tlee").
Las Chicanas Poster at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. Chicana feminism is a sociopolitical movement, theory, and praxis that scrutinizes the historical, cultural, spiritual, educational, and economic intersections impacting Chicanas and the Chicana/o community in the United States. [1]
Diosa y Hembra: The History and Heritage of Chicanas in the U.S. was published in 1976 and as the title suggests it was a contribution to the recovery of the lost, erased and hidden histories of Chicana women with the intention to serve as a concise primer to revolutionize the educational curricula relevant to Mexican-American women. [14]
Chicana writing grew out of Chicana feminism, through the feminist journals founded since the 1960s – one of which led to Norma Alarcón's Third Woman Press, the assertions of Chicana feminism in essays, and the portrayal of the gender crisis in the Chicano Movement in the poetry and fiction of Chicana authors.
In 1973, she co-founded and directed the Chicano Communications Center, a barrio-based organizing and education project. [1] [11] Martínez edited the bilingual pictorial volume 500 Years of Chicano History that influenced her video Viva La Causa! that has been shown at film festivals and in classrooms across the country. [5]
Jenny Anna Santos was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She is a community activist who speaks up for staying connected to ones roots. In preschool, Jenny remembers being told by her teacher ...
At Napa College, Ohlone College, San Francisco State University and DQ University, she taught several different courses such as history, journalism, theater writing, philosophy, and Chicana studies. At San Francisco State University Moreno served as an original first-tier student-led and directed La Raza Studies Department, and founded the La ...
Women leaders like Flores, who grew up in the scene alongside her late uncle Danny Flores, a well-known lowrider and Chicano activist, are helping in those efforts, noting the feeling she gets ...