Chicana


Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
The House on Mango Street
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma
Caramelo
Gods of Jade and Shadow
De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century
The House of Broken Angels
Black Dove: Mamá, Mi'jo, and Me
The Mixquiahuala Letters
Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa
Under the Feet of Jesus
So Far from God
Mother Tongue
The Kaleidoscope by Adrian MendozaEl Teatro de los Monstruos by Viviana CorderoPedro Páramo by Juan RulfoThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosMemories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez
Hispanic Lit
63 books — 46 voters

Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaJuliet Takes a Breath by Gabby RiveraChicana Lesbians by Carla TrujilloGulf Dreams by Emma PérezThe Last Generation by Cherríe L. Moraga
Chicana/Latina Lesbian Books
87 books — 36 voters
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinMirrored in Evergreen by B. PigeonWorm in a Jar by B. Pigeon
QTPOC in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
103 books — 34 voters

Welcome to Crash by Lina LangleyShadowhouse Fall by Daniel José OlderThe Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-GarciaHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoThe Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera
2017 Latinx/Latin American SFF
16 books — 17 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelPrayers for the Stolen by Jennifer ClementSend More Idiots by Tony Perez-GieseMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Highlander by Zoe Saadia
Books Set in Mexico
479 books — 188 voters

1980s feminism focused on questions of difference and making the category of women more inclusive
Cristina Beltrán, The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

Elizabeth Martínez
Pídele a casi cualquier chicana o chicano fuera de la academia que nombre a una mujer famosa de origen mexicano y probablemente vas a escuchar "Dolores Huerta". Si la persona conoce a nuestras escritoras contemporáneas, quizá mencione a "Sandra Cisneros" o "Ana Castillo". Si preguntas por un nombre de los primeros tiempos, te podrán decir Sor Juana, la monja rebelde de los mil seiscientos. Cuando trates de profundizar, la persona a tu lado tal vez va a decir, "iMe doy por vencido!, pero, bueno.. ...more
Elizabeth Martínez, 500 Years of Chicana Women's History / 500 Años de la Mujer Chicana: Bilingual Edition

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