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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The last generation	Cherríe Moraga	A classic work by award-winning author Cherríe Moraga, The Last Generation is an electric mix of prose and poetry that continues conversations started in the beloved books This Bridge Called My Back:…	OL11639101W
Chicana sexuality and gender	Debra J. Blake	Since the 1980s Chicana writers including Gloria Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga, Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo, and Alma Luz Villanueva have reworked iconic Mexican cultural symbols such as mother earth go…	OL11904030W
Viva la raza	Yolanda Alaniz	"A history of Chicana and Chicano militancy that explores the question of whether this social movement is a racial or a national struggle"--Provided by publisher.	OL11919062W
Sandra Cisneros	Karen Clemens Warrick	"Discusses the life of Latina author Sandra Cisneros, including her childhood in Chicago, her path to becoming an accomplished author, and her work in the Latino community"--Provided by publisher.	OL15054698W
Chicana traditions	Olga Nájera-Ramírez,Norma Elia Cantú	An anthology focusing specifically on the topic of Chicana expressive culture. This book features the work of native scholars. Blending narratives of personal experience with more formal, scholarly d…	OL17842609W
Luna's California poppies	Alma Villanueva	"In Luna's California Poppies a young girl tries to come to terms with an unstable family situation and a harsh environment. Taking the form of a diary, the novel is exceptional in the way it vividly…	OL1848930W
Salma Hayek	Kerrily Sapet	Profiles the life and career of the Mexican-American actress.	OL18733577W
Palm frond with its throat cut	Vickie Vértiz	"A poetry collection that offers a glimpse into LA Latina life, exploring the history and lexicon of a queer Chicana, her family, and her passions"--Provided by publisher.	OL19722118W
Entre las sombras del sueño americano	Julissa Arce	"When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her v…	OL19723206W
Beast Meridian	Vanessa Angelica Villarreal	95 pages : 26 cm	OL20221912W
La Chicana	Alfredo Mirandé	Maintains that Chicanas must be seen as colonized women who have had no control over the social institutions which shape their lives. via WorlCat	OL2643973W
¡Leer cambió mi vida!	Beth Johnson	Después de una vida llena de maltratos, María Cárdenas al fin podía vivir en paz con su hija. Pero pronto, la hija sería capaz de leer mejor que la madre. ¿Qué podría hacer María cuando eso sucediera…	OL27704638W
Loose Woman	Sandra Cisneros	LOOSE WOMAN is by turns bawdy and introspective, flagrantly erotic and unabashedly funny, a work that is both a tour de force and a triumphant outpouring of pure soul. via WorldCat.org	OL3243782W
Hoyt Street	Mary Helen Ponce	It's the 1940s. Little Mary Helen Ponce and her family live in Pacoima. Unmindful of their poverty, Mary Helen and her friends sneak into the circus, run wild at church bazaars, and snitch apricots f…	OL3510430W
Barefoot heart	Elva Treviño Hart	Autobiography. Latino/a Studies. BAREFOOT HEART is a vividly told autobiographical account of the life of a child growing up in a family of migrant farm workers. Elva Trevino Hart was born in south T…	OL40129W
Sofia's saints	Diana López	"Since her mother's death twelve years earlier, thirty-year-old Sofia Loren Sauceda has lived in the same house where she grew up. Although she must work as a waitress to make ends meet, Sofia indulg…	OL4895105W
Las Tejanas	Teresa Palomo Acosta,Ruthe Winegarten	"Teresa Palomo Acosta and Ruthe Winegarten have gathered and distilled a wide range of information to create this important resource. They offer one of the first detailed accounts of Tejanas' lives i…	OL5954102W
Borderlands/La Frontera	Gloria E. Anzaldúa	"Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume challenge how we think about identity. Borderlands/La Frontera remaps …	OL61326W
The Chicana feminist	Martha Cotera	Cotera compiled and published The Chicana Feminist (1977), a series of essays and speeches reflecting her experiences and observations of the dynamics of feminism within the Chicano/a Movement and …	OL6137363W
Interviews/Entrevistas	Gloria E. Anzaldúa,AnaLouise Keating	Gloria E. Anzaldua, best known for her books Borderlands/La Frontera and This Bridge Called My Back, is often considered as one of the foremost modern feminist thinkers and activists. As one of t…	OL8104313W