Bebout, Lee.

Mythohistorical interventions : the Chicano movement and its legacies / Lee Bebout. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011. - 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Critical American studies series . - Critical American studies series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-243) and index.

Introduction : mythohistorical interventions at the intersection of American studies and Chicana/o studies -- Locating the mythohistorical : three tales in the struggle for hegemony -- Hero making in el movimiento : Reies Lâopez Tijerina and the Chicano nationalist imaginary -- Of mothers and revolucionarias : movement Chicanas fashioning a feminism of their own -- Queer genealogies : Chicana lesbian feminism & the post-movement era -- Conclusion : echoes of el movimiento and other mythohistorical interventions.

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Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity.
Mexican American women--Ethnic identity.
Chicano movement.
Feminism--United States.
Mexican American lesbians--Social conditions.
Mexican Americans--Study and teaching.
México americanos--Identidad étnica
Movimiento chicano.

112 E184 / B387m 2011

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