THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHICANA FEMINIST DISCOURSE, 1970-1980
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Gender & Society
- Vol. 3 (2) , 217-238
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089124389003002004
Abstract
The years between 1970 and 1980 represented a formative period in the development of Chicana feminist thought in the United States. During this period, Chicana feminists addressed the specific issues affecting Chicanas as women of color in the United States. As a result of their collective efforts in struggling against racial, class, and gender oppression, Chicana feminists developed an ideological discourse that addressed three major issues. These were the relationship between Chicana feminism and the ideology of cultural nationalism, feminist baiting within the Chicano movement, and the relationship between the Chicana feminist movement and the white feminist movement. This article describes the development of Chicana feminism and compares it with Asian American and Black feminism, which faced similar problems.Keywords
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