essay

Introduction

Twice a minority : Mexican American womenSt. Louis, MissouriPublished In 1980 • Pages: 1-9

By: Melville, Margarita B..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is the introduction to documents nos. 47-66 in this file, which present a variety of data on Mexican American women collected by both Mexican American and Anglo American social scientists. The intent of these papers '…is to modify the stereotypes of Mexican American women found in much of the social science literature, which often views females as passive sufferers' (p. 1). The book, of which documents 47-66 are part, consists of three main sections: the first of these deals with several aspects of the status of womanhood; the second with gender roles and the changes that seem to be occurring in their conceptualization; and the third with the broad concept of cross cultural dynamics.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Cultural identity and pride
Gender status
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Chicanos
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2002
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Social Scientist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 2001
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
United States
NotesAdditional notes
Margarita B. Melville
Includes bibliographical references (p. 8-9)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
80011177
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mexican Americans