(Out)Classed Women: Contemporary Chicana Writers on Inequitable Gendered Power Relations

by Phillipa Kafka

Like so many other ethnic groups, Chicanos and Chicanas have suffered from political, social, and economic oppression in the United States. In addition to the problems they endure as a consequence of their ethnicity, Chicanas are further subordinated because of their gender. As women, they are treated inequitably by a culture in which authority is invested primarily in men, to the point that they are relegated to a separate social class. The experiences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313311234
• ISBN13: 9780313311239
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.6"