Buch, Englisch, 132 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 370 g
Pachucas, Chicanas, Cholas
Buch, Englisch, 132 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 370 g
Reihe: Routledge Research in Gender and Society
ISBN: 978-0-367-10942-4
Verlag: Routledge
Mexican American women have endured several layers of discrimination deriving from a strong patriarchal tradition and a difficult socioeconomic and cultural situation within the US ethnic and class organization. However, there have been groups of women who have defied their fates at different times and in diverse forms.
Mexican American Women, Dress, and Gender observes how Pachucas, Chicanas, and Cholas have used their body image (dress, hairstyle, and body language) as a political tool of deviation and attempts to measure the degree of intentionality in said oppositional stance. For this purpose and, claiming the sociological power of photographs as a representation of precise sociohistorical moments, this work analyzes several photographs of women of said groups; with the aim of proving the relevance of "other" body images in expressing gender and ethnic identification, or disidentification from the mainstream norm.
Proposing a diachronic, comparative approach to young Mexican American women, this monograph will appeal to students and researchers interested in Chicano History, Race and Ethnic Studies, American History, Feminism, and Gender Studies.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
A Note to the Reader
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Dress, Clothing, Fashion and Style
1.1. The Function of Dress
1.2. Clothing, Fashion and Style
Chapter 2. The 20th Century and Fashion
Chapter 3. Style, Subcultures and Mexican American Women
Chapter 4. Pachucas: Breaking the Norms in the Forties
4.1. Life and Expectations for US Women in the Forties
4.1.1. World War II and Mexican American Women
4.2. Women’s Fashion in the Forties
4.3. The Pachuca: A Rebel Withouth a Cause
4.3.1. Pachucas, Pachucos and the Zoot Suit Riots
4.3.2. The Pachuca Style Politics
Chapter 5. Chicanas: Fighting the Norm in the Seventies
5.1. Life and Expectations for US Women in the Seventies
5.2. Women’s Fashion in the Seventies
5.3. El Movimiento Chicano and La Chicana
5.4. The Chicana Style Politics
5.4.1. The Brown Berets
5.4.2. The Chicana Feminist Activists
Chapter 6. Cholas: Adapting to Other Norms in the Nineties
6.1. Life and Expectations for US Young Women in the Nineties
6.2. Women’s Fashion in the Nineties
6.3. Gangs and Cholo/a Style in 20th century Barrios
6.3.1. The Girls in/around the Gang
6.4. The Chola Style Politics
Concluding Remarks
Works Cited
