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 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
511 books — 146 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

The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaWoman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra CisnerosThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Chicano Chicana Chicanx
161 books — 101 voters
Massacre of the Dreamers by Ana CastilloMy Wicked Wicked Ways by Sandra CisnerosThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaLoose Woman by Sandra Cisneros
Xicanisma
7 books — 1 voter

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 — 225 voters

In challenging traditional gender relations, many Chicana activists were accused of being lesbians, 'white identified,' narcissistic, and antifamily. ...more
Cristina Beltrán, The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

You have no reason to have depression haunting you. These words are so shapeless. So tasteless. If they were true then, why do I feel like this?
Cynthia Cisneros, Burned Tongues: Poems

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