Las Obreras: Chicana Politics of Work and Family

by Vicki L. Ruiz (Editor)

Cultural Writing. Latino/Latina Studies. The fifteen essays collected here offer an insightful new guide toward an interdisciplinary understanding of the memory, voice, and lived experiences of Chicanas in the family and the workplace. By listening carefully to these voices, the contributors engage a complex dynamic of power, public space, and social change.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Vicki L. Ruiz is Distinguished Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America.