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Mexican American Women Activists : Identity and Resistance in Two Los Angeles Communities
author
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Pardo, Mary S.
publisher
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Temple University Press
isbn10 | asin
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1566395739
print isbn13
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9781566395731
ebook isbn13
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9780585363219
language
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English
subject
Women in community organization--California--Monterey Park, Women in community organization--California--Boyle Heights, Community power--California--Monterey Park, Community power--California--Boyle Heights, Mexican American women--California--Monterey Pa
publication date
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1998
lcc
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HN80.M66P37 1998eb
ddc
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305.42/08968/72079494
subject
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Women in community organization--California--Monterey Park, Women in community organization--California--Boyle Heights, Community power--California--Monterey Park, Community power--California--Boyle Heights, Mexican American women--California--Monterey Pa
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Mexican American Women Activists
Identity and Resistance in Two Los Angeles Communities
Mary S. Pardo
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Temple University Press, Philadelphia 19122 Copyright 1998 by Temple University Press. All rights reserved Published 1998 Printed in the United States of America
TM The paper used in this book meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pardo, Mary S. Mexican American women activists : identity and resistance in two Los Angeles communities / Mary S. Pardo. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 1-56639-5720 (alk. paper). ISBN 1-56639-573-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Women in community organizationCaliforniaMonterey Park. 2. Women in community organizationCaliforniaBoyle Heights. 3. Community powerCaliforniaMonterey Park. 4. Community powerCaliforniaBoyle Heights. 5. Mexican American womenCaliforniaMonterey Park. 6. Mexican American women CaliforniaBoyle Heights. 7. Montery Park (Calif.)Politics and government. 8. Boyle Heights (Calif.)Politics and government. I. Title. HN80.M66P37 1998 305.42'08968'72079494dc21 97-13960
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Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
One Introduction: Putting Women at the Center of Politics
1
Two Community Contexts and Controversies: The Barrio and the Suburb
17
Three The Politics of Community Identity in Eastside Los Angeles: "We Got Everything Nobody Else Wanted"
61
Four The Politics of Community Identity in Monterey Park: "Things Looked Better over There"
82
Five Becoming an Activist in Eastside Los Angeles: "For My Kids, for My Community, for My 'Raza'"
105
Six Becoming an Activist in Monterey Park: "The Elementary School Kids Are Still Too Young to Defend Themselves"
142
Seven Creating Community in Eastside Los Angeles: "We Have to Do It!"
163
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Eight Creating Community in Monterey Park: "Keeping an Eye On the Block"
198
Nine Women Transforming the "Political": "Traditions Are Not So Traditional"
226
Appendix: Concepts and Terms
253
Notes
257
References
283
Index
307
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Acknowledgments
My teaching experiences in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at California State University, Northridge, motivated me to document urban contemporary Chicana experiences that would illustrate how women contribute to grassroots politics. I, along with my comadre Avie Guerra and other members of a Chicana collective, encountered great difficulty locating suitable readings for a Chicana class that we team taught in 1979. My friend Rudy Acua encouraged me to pursue graduate study at UCLA that eventually led to the idea for this book. Along the way, many assisted me in the process of documenting and analyzing the experiences of women in the two communities. A few words of thanks are indeed in order.
Karen Brodkin Sacks's analysis of women's activism and her guidance provided a firm foundation at the early stages of my study; Melvin Oliver and David Lopez frankly reminded me that I must decide how women's grassroots activism not only challenges but also "fits" into mainstream sociological literature. Ruth Zambrana, helped me sort out ideas and develop a coherent story. Finally, John Horton steadied my course from the beginning to the end of the researchhis wit, intellectual insights, and "democratic nature" made it possible to ''get it done." He is a unique and gracious man. I participated in the Ford funded "Changing Communities Project" that John Horton directed and I gained an invaluable team research experience. The research of other team
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