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Drawing on a wealth of oral histories from pioneering Chicana activists, as well as the vibrant print culture through which they articulated their agenda and built community, this book presents the first full-scale investigation of the social and political factors that led to the development of Chicana feminism.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction. The Telling Is Political
• One. Spinning the Record: Historical Writing and Righting
• Two. Chicana Insurgencies: Stories of Transformation, Youth Rebellion, and Campus Organizing
• Three. Retrofitted Memory: Chicana Historical Subjectivities between and beyond Nationalist Imaginaries
• Four. Engendering Print Cultures and Chicana Feminist Counterpublics in the Chicano Movement
• Five. Interpretive Dilemmas, Multiple Meanings: Convergence and Disjuncture at the 1971 Conferencia de Mujeres por la Raza
• Six. Chicanas in Movement: Activist and Scholar Legacies in the Making
• Appendix. Narrator Biographies
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

Maylei Blackwell is Assistant Professor in the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies and Women's Studies at UCLA. An interdisciplinary scholar activist and oral historian, she works with indigenous women's organizers in Mexico, Latin American feminist movements, and sexual rights activists, all of whom are involved in cross-border organizing and community formation.

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Maylei Blackwell’s book is an in-depth study of women’s involvement in the Chicano Movement (el movimiento) of the late 1960s and 1970s. As Chicanos in the US organized and protested in efforts to address social issues faced by the community, women began to actively engage with the many gender gaps within the movement. This ultimately led to new forms of gender consciousness, awareness and political identities that challenged the confines of Chicano nationalism. Blackwell draws on oral history and archival research to illustrate these struggles, and provides examples of pioneering Chicana activists, theorists, and feminist organizations.
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