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
Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren YeroPerfect Chemistry by Simone ElkelesRules of Attraction by Simone ElkelesChain Reaction by Simone ElkelesAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Latinx Characters and Themes in YA
202 books — 224 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike  DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaThe Library Book by Susan OrleanWater to the Angels by Les StandifordCollateral Stardust by Nikki Nash
Los Angeles (nonfiction)
117 books — 45 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelPrayers for the Stolen by Jennifer ClementSend More Idiots by Tony Perez-GieseAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Books Set in Mexico
478 books — 191 voters
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée AhdiehThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerWho Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Fantasy Novels by Women of Color
264 books — 195 voters

When the article, "The Woman of La Raza" came out as a result of the 1969 Chicano Conference, I experienced repercussions because I wrote about The Woman. Instead of being intimidated, I felt it necessary to write a whole book on La Mujer. ...more
Enriqueta Vasquez

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

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