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Chicana Traditions: Continuity and Change » (1st Edition)

Authors: Norma Elia Cantu (Editor), Olga Najera-Ramirez, Olga Nájera-Ramírez
ISBN-13: 9780252070129, ISBN-10: 0252070127
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Date Published: February 2002
Edition: 1st Edition

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	Enduring Traditions
1	Chicana Life-Cycle Rituals	15
2	Art of the Santera	35
3	The Indita Genre of New Mexico: Gender and Cultural Identification	56
4	Danger! Children at Play: Patriarchal Ideology and the Construction of Gender in Spanish-Language Hispanic/Chicano Children's Songs and Games	81
5	Caminando con La Llorona: Traditional and Contemporary Narratives	100
Pt. 2	Practicing Traditions
6	Indianizing Catholicism: Chicana/India/Mexicana Indigenous Spiritual Practices in Our Image	117
7	Las Que Menos Queria el Nino: Women of the Fidencista Movement	133
8	Transgressing the Taboo: A Chicana's Voice in the Mariachi World	143
Pt. 3	Transforming Traditions
9	Meeting La Cantante through Verse, Song, and Performance	167
10	Ranchera Music(s) and the Legendary Lydia Mendoza: Performing Social Location and Relations	183
11	Mounting Traditions: The Origin and Evolution of La Escaramuza Charra	207
12	Cruzando Frontejas: Remapping Selena's Tejano Music "Crossover"	224
13	Goldie Garcia: La Reina de South Broadway y Rasquache	237
	Selected Bibliography of Chicana Folklore	251
	Contributors	259
	Index	262