essay
Symbolic strategies for change: a discussion of the Chicana women's movement
Twice a minority : Mexican American women • St. Louis, Missouri • Published In 1980 • Pages: 95-108
By: Mason, Terry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study Mason looks at one of the ways in which politically active CHICANAS (Mexican American women) represent and advocate a change in women's status through the dramatic performance of ACTOS, a type of political theater. Two of these dramas are examined by the author in the text. These '… performances are dramatizations of an ideology that defines some of the social and cultural expectations limiting women and indicates how they should be changed' (p. 95). Mason also attempts to further delineate some of the distinctive features of the CHICANA feminist ideology and to discuss some of the social and political factors influencing its expression.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drama
- Musical and theatrical productions
- Gender status
- Political movements
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- ca. 1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Terry Mason
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80011177
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans