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(Out)classed women : contemporary Chicana writers on inequitable gendered power relations / Phillipa Kafka.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kafka, Phillipa, 1933-
- Series:
- Contributions in women's studies 0147-104X ; no. 184.
- Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 184
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--Mexican American authors.
- American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Women and literature--United States--20th century--History and criticism.
- Women and literature.
- Power (Social sciences) in literature.
- Sexism in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Feminism in literature.
- Mexican American women in literature.
- American literature--Women authors.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 147 pages ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Outclassed women
- Out classed women
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Studies how contemporary Chicana writers have explored the subjugation of Chicanas.
- Contents:
- Part I Chicana Writers' Major Concerns and Themes
- 1. Catholicism and Religious Mythologies 3
- 2. Gatekeeping and Familism 9
- 3. Discriminatory Gender Success Models 21
- 4. Silencing and Violence 53
- Part II Chicana Solutions to Outclassing Women
- 5. Educational, Economic, Individual Solutions 71
- 6. Re-Shaping Religious and Cultural Mythologies 81
- 7. Transforming Inequitable Gender Success Models 99
- Afterword: Chicanas and the Feminist Movement 105.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-138) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313311234
- OCLC:
- 43474662
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