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
Ash by Malinda LoJuliet Takes a Breath by Gabby RiveraBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Queer Female Authors of Color
86 books — 43 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellReservation Blues by Sherman AlexieThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Books Banned in Arizona 2012
45 books — 18 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
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinZami by Audre LordeAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
509 books — 143 voters

Elizabeth Martínez
[Sin ese libro], tú no podrías escuchar nada sobre nuestra tradición de resistencia femenina a la opresión, que se remonta a la mujer nativa que tomó los techos de las casas en lo que luego se convertiría en México e "hizo llover dardos y piedras" sobre los invasores españoles. O a la mujer que, en Oaxaca, demandó a su esposo por abuso y logró que su caso llegara a la corte en 1630. O a las mujeres Maya que encerró al cura español en su iglesia por no aceptar que se enterraran a las víctimas may ...more
Elizabeth Martínez, 500 Years of Chicana Women's History / 500 Años de la Mujer Chicana: Bilingual Edition

Elizabeth Martínez
El problema de localizar fotografías confirma la indiferencia ante la presencia de las mujeres en la historia, cosa que se refleja constantemente en los medios, libros, archivos históricos, museos y bibliotecas universitarias. The problem of locating photos often confirms the indifference to women’s presence in history, as reflected in the media, books, historical records, museums, university libraries.
Elizabeth Martínez, 500 Years of Chicana Women's History / 500 Años de la Mujer Chicana: Bilingual Edition

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