Misuzu Hatano
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Julie Downing. Mexican Americans and the Question of Race. University of Texas Press, 2014.
The purpose of this book is to indicate how a generation of Chicana activists of 1960’s to 1970’s, especially Chicana female activists created several aspects of liberation that continues to reverberate recently. In addition to that, the author Julie Downing tries to reveal untold history of individuals, organizations and political formations that encourages readers’ understandings of Chicana feminism since most history of Chicana feminisms is not in common now because those movements have not correctly recorded. In order to accomplish her purpose, she introduces history of Chicana movements that is based on a lot of oral history, documents and pictures. For instance, she uses interview of NietiGomez who established …show more content…
Each chapter has specific topics, such as history of Chicana movements and the United States women movement in chapter 1, the young’s gendered, radical, and class experience in 1960’s in chapter 2. In addition to that, chapter 3 explains that the purpose of the Chicano activity is not only for racial and political movement but also for the gender movement. Chapter 4 analysis how the Chicana movements developed from literal perspectives. In this chapter, the author illustrates print culture in the Chicana feminist movement, such as Encuentro Femenil, affected the Chicana feminism because those articles gave people opportunities to express own thoughts of politics, racial, gendered and cultural issues. Chapter 5 focuses on analyzing of cross regional tensions and corporation among Chicana feminists in 1971. At last, chapter 6 concludes Chicana feminist movements in 1960’s to 1970’s leave legacies today, which involves into racial, political, and gendered movements, and the movements affected on today’s culture, such as music and print
HIST 2328
Julie Downing. Mexican Americans and the Question of Race. University of Texas Press, 2014.
The purpose of this book is to indicate how a generation of Chicana activists of 1960’s to 1970’s, especially Chicana female activists created several aspects of liberation that continues to reverberate recently. In addition to that, the author Julie Downing tries to reveal untold history of individuals, organizations and political formations that encourages readers’ understandings of Chicana feminism since most history of Chicana feminisms is not in common now because those movements have not correctly recorded. In order to accomplish her purpose, she introduces history of Chicana movements that is based on a lot of oral history, documents and pictures. For instance, she uses interview of NietiGomez who established …show more content…
Each chapter has specific topics, such as history of Chicana movements and the United States women movement in chapter 1, the young’s gendered, radical, and class experience in 1960’s in chapter 2. In addition to that, chapter 3 explains that the purpose of the Chicano activity is not only for racial and political movement but also for the gender movement. Chapter 4 analysis how the Chicana movements developed from literal perspectives. In this chapter, the author illustrates print culture in the Chicana feminist movement, such as Encuentro Femenil, affected the Chicana feminism because those articles gave people opportunities to express own thoughts of politics, racial, gendered and cultural issues. Chapter 5 focuses on analyzing of cross regional tensions and corporation among Chicana feminists in 1971. At last, chapter 6 concludes Chicana feminist movements in 1960’s to 1970’s leave legacies today, which involves into racial, political, and gendered movements, and the movements affected on today’s culture, such as music and print