1st Edition
Mexican American Women, Dress and Gender Pachucas, Chicanas, Cholas
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
A Note to the Reader
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Dress, Clothing, Fashion and Style
1.1. The Function of Dress
1.2. Clothing, Fashion and Style
Chapter 2. The 20th Century and Fashion
Chapter 3. Style, Subcultures and Mexican American Women
Chapter 4. Pachucas: Breaking the Norms in the Forties
4.1. Life and Expectations for US Women in the Forties
4.1.1. World War II and Mexican American Women
4.2. Women’s Fashion in the Forties
4.3. The Pachuca: A Rebel Withouth a Cause
4.3.1. Pachucas, Pachucos and the Zoot Suit Riots
4.3.2. The Pachuca Style Politics
Chapter 5. Chicanas: Fighting the Norm in the Seventies
5.1. Life and Expectations for US Women in the Seventies
5.2. Women’s Fashion in the Seventies
5.3. El Movimiento Chicano and La Chicana
5.4. The Chicana Style Politics
5.4.1. The Brown Berets
5.4.2. The Chicana Feminist Activists
Chapter 6. Cholas: Adapting to Other Norms in the Nineties
6.1. Life and Expectations for US Young Women in the Nineties
6.2. Women’s Fashion in the Nineties
6.3. Gangs and Cholo/a Style in 20th century Barrios
6.3.1. The Girls in/around the Gang
6.4. The Chola Style Politics
Concluding Remarks
Works Cited
Biography
Amaia Ibarraran-Bigalondo is a lecturer at the University of the Basque Country, Spain.
