| Chicana Traditions: Continuity and Change Contributor(s): Cantu, Norma Elia (Editor), Najera-Ramirez, Olga (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0252070127 ISBN-13: 9780252070129 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 305.488 |
| LCCN: 2001002644 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.12" W x 9.06" (0.93 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chicana Traditions features essays from professionals engaged with a broad and ever-expanding Chicana expressive culture. Professors and students, performing artists and folklorists, and archivists and activists merge personal experience with formal discussion to share fascinating inside stories. The topics include a professional woman mariachi performer; the creation and evolution of the escaramuza charra (all-female precision riding team) within the male-dominated Mexican rodeo; the ranchera music of the transnational performer Lydia Mendoza, the complex crossover of Selena's Tejano music, and the bottle cap and jar lid art of Goldie Garcia. An eye-opening journey through a borderland where cultures and identities converge, Chicana Traditions reveals how Chicanas continue to invent, reshape, and transcend their traditional culture. |