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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Chicana feminism"”.
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From Injustice to Social Justice Education: The Journey of Formerly Incarcerated Women of Color in Community College
… of Latino critical race theory (LatCrit) and Chicana feminism, four methods of data collection took place—surveys, <em>cajitas, testimonios, </em>and reflective journaling. Formerly incarcerated women of color experienced the following barriers to and in college: (a) unhealed trauma, (b) …
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From the Movement to the Post -Movement: Rethinking Anti-Hegemonic Discourses in Chicana Feminist Thought
… drawing upon the historic and literary roots of Chicana writing and examining the way in which early texts have entered into the contemporary constructions of chicana/latina ethnicity, race, class, gender, and identity theories. The literary basis for this analysis of the role of academic …
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Latinas in Higher Education: Paving & Weaving Wholeheartedly
… and <em>testimonios</em> grounded in Chicana Feminism, this research explored strategies Latinas developed to navigate living within two cultures, honoring their heritage while pursuing academic and professional aspirations. Many participants describe their emotional connection to …
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Exploring Intersections in the Intimate Lives of Mexican Origin Women
… we need to study this diversity. Informed by Chicana Feminism, this dissertation examines the experiences of Mexican origin women in intimate relationship in the form of three manuscripts. My goal is to make Mexican origin women's voices more wholly heard in relationship research.The first …
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Exitosas on Their Own Terms: Centering Latina Testimonios to Understand Latina Undergraduates’ Student Success Beliefs
… methodology grounded in LatCrit and Chicana Feminism, this research centered the voices of 11 Latina undergraduates attending a 4-year private, predominantly white institution in the Western U.S. to understand how they defined and measured their own success in higher education. …
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"""La escuela es para estudiar"": Representations of Chicana schooling experiences in young adult literature"
This study examined Chicana schooling experiences represented in young adult literature texts written by Chicana authors and explored how Chicanas grappled with their identity formation and current realities within their schooling experiences as depicted in selected texts. Guided by Chicana …
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Chicana Sartoriality: Self-Fashioning Towards Decolonial Futures
… of identifiers (is it Chicane, Chicanx, Chicano, Chicana, Chican@, or Xicanx/e/a/o/@?), how can we understand who and what is Chicanidad? How do we ethically, responsibly account for and tend to its past and legacy—our pasts and our legacies? And what does the future hold for Chicane communities …
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Un camino de conocimiento: a marimacha's meditation on an LGBTQ inclusive charter school
This dissertation critically examines Java High, an LGBTQ inclusive charter school, using ethnographic methods to inquire if this school creates an institutional architecture that cultivates more positive academic and non-academic outcomes for LGBTQ youth. Java High is located on the north west …
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Resilience and Struggle: Exploring the Experiences of Undocumented College Students Through Chicana Feminist Theory and Dialogical Performance
… conducted from dialogical performance and Chicana feminist perspectives. Dialogical performance from the perspective of Dwight Conquergood as a method is bridged with Chicana feminist theories of Gloria Anzaldua, theories of <em>Nepantla</em>, <em>New Tribalism</em>, <em>Spritual …
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Writer María Luisa Garza: Precursor of Hispanic Feminism
… that both U.S Hispanic literary studies and Chicana feminist history would benefit from taking a closer look at the work of these women. By exploring Chicana categories of identification that limit the literary figures deemed relevant and by making use of the theories proposed by Emma Pérez …
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Living Pedagogies of Voice: Co-Creating a Decolonial Project to Reimagine Special Education
… students of color themselves.</p> <p>Grounded in Chicana feminist epistemologies, Pérez’s (1999) decolonial imaginary, disability justice, and DisCrit, I theorized <em>Pedagogies of Voice</em>—a framework that redistributes interpretive authority from institutions to students, treating student …