William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 234 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
United States
Date:
2008
C2008
20th century
Notes:
"Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas."
Papers from a symposium held on Feb. 28, 2004 at the Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Tex.
Contents:
pt. 1. A woman's place -- Creating an American home : contest and accommodation in Rockefeller's company towns / María E. Montoya -- La Placita Committee : claiming place and history / Lydia R. Otero -- pt. 2. Migration and settlement -- Cruzando la linea : engendering the history of border Mexican children during the early twentieth century / Yolanda Chávez Leyva -- Lived regionalities : mujeridad in Chicago, 1920-1940 / Gabriela F. Arredondo -- "The day the dresses stopped" : Puerto Rican women, the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, and the 1958 dressmakers strike / Carmen Teresa Whalen -- pt. 3. Political spaces -- "The floating borderlands" : identity, farmwork, and políticas in Washington State / Elizabeth Salas -- Pilgrimage to the homeland : California Chicanas and International Women's Year, Mexico City, 1975 / Marisela R. Chávez -- The star in my compass : claiming intellectual space in the American landscape / Virginia Sánchez Korrol
Topic:
Mexican American women--Social conditions Search this
