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Again, the word “militancy” came to stand for the new movement and
direct action tactics became common strategies. Chicanos demanded
inclusion and recognition of difference. Thus the demands of the East
L.A. Blowouts – Chicano teachers and courses in Mexican and Mexican
American history and culture.
However, like the Black Power Movement, the Chicano Movement
cannot be characterized as a single, unified movement. Instead, it was a
loosely organized (and often not organized) collection of many groups,
ideologies and tactics that often were in direct conflict with one another.
Given the diversity of the Chicano population, this is not surprising. The
myriad of issues embraced by Chicano activism produced a variety of
organizations with differing political objectives and ideologies. In
addition, a geographically diverse population meant that organizations
were physically separated from each other and served the needs of their
local constituencies. One of the great tasks for Chicano Movement
organizers was to forge a community out of a diverse population that
occupied a liminal status in relation to the larger power structure. To that
end, numerous groups were formed across the southwest including
United Farm Workers (led by Cesar Chávez in California), La Alianza
Federal de Pueblas Libres (New Mexico), Crusade for Justice (led by
Corky Gonzalez in Denver) and La Raza Unida Party. In addition, Sal
Castro’s Chicano Youth Leadership Conferences inspired the students
Object Description
| Title | "As shelters against the cold": women writers of the Black Arts and Chicano movements, 1965-1978 |
| Author | Ryder, Ulli Kira |
| Author email | uryder@usc.edu; uryder@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | American Studies & Ethnicity |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-27 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 27 October 2010. |
| Date published | 2010-10-27 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | McKenna, Teresa |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sanchez, George J. Johnson, Dana |
| Abstract | This dissertation examines the work of women writers in the Black Arts and Chicano movements during the years 1965-1978. I argue that understanding the intersectional nature of the women's experiences is crucial for understanding their literary output. Further, I argue that Chicanas and African American women of this era challenged homogenous notions of community and racial identity and that we can trace the development of the Third World feminism and multiculturalism that came to the fore in the 1980s to this earlier period. Thus, this study also impacts the way we conceptualize identity formation and the creation of the literary canon. Investigating the ways in which these women integrated nationalist and feminist rhetoric and activism in their work is crucial for a full understanding of this critical period in U.S. history. At stake is an understanding of how Chicana and African American women in the United States have formed identities and communities; struggled for liberation and equality; and become part of the U.S. literary canon. |
| Keyword | Black Power; Black Arts movement; Chicano movement; civil rights; racial identity formation; womanism; borderlands theory; feminism; Third World feminism; nationalism; intersectionality |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1965/1978 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1698 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Ryder, Ulli Kira |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Ryder-2415 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Ryder-2415.pdf |
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| Title | Page 43 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 38 Again, the word “militancy” came to stand for the new movement and direct action tactics became common strategies. Chicanos demanded inclusion and recognition of difference. Thus the demands of the East L.A. Blowouts – Chicano teachers and courses in Mexican and Mexican American history and culture. However, like the Black Power Movement, the Chicano Movement cannot be characterized as a single, unified movement. Instead, it was a loosely organized (and often not organized) collection of many groups, ideologies and tactics that often were in direct conflict with one another. Given the diversity of the Chicano population, this is not surprising. The myriad of issues embraced by Chicano activism produced a variety of organizations with differing political objectives and ideologies. In addition, a geographically diverse population meant that organizations were physically separated from each other and served the needs of their local constituencies. One of the great tasks for Chicano Movement organizers was to forge a community out of a diverse population that occupied a liminal status in relation to the larger power structure. To that end, numerous groups were formed across the southwest including United Farm Workers (led by Cesar Chávez in California), La Alianza Federal de Pueblas Libres (New Mexico), Crusade for Justice (led by Corky Gonzalez in Denver) and La Raza Unida Party. In addition, Sal Castro’s Chicano Youth Leadership Conferences inspired the students |
