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Voicing Chicana Feminisms: Young
Women Speak Out on Sexuality and Identity, by Aída Hurtado
(New York University Press, 2003)
Aída Hurtado fills a gap in Chicana feminist theory in Voicing
Chicana Feminisms, by transforming theory into an empirical
project. Through the ethnographic testimony of young Chicana
women between the ages of twenty and thirty, Hurtado aims to
validate whether the life experiences of these young women support
the basic tenets of Chicana feminisms. Hurtado explores the
different spheres in which these women live and how being Chicana
women shapes their lives and attitudes in each realm. Through
analysis of the respondents’ comments on growing up in a Chicana
family, interacting in the public sphere, and defining gender,
sexuality, and race/ethnicity issues, Hurtado finds that the
young women do indeed embody theories of Chicana Feminism. $60.00,
cloth; $19.00, paper. (New York University Press, Washington
Square, New York, NY 10003; www.nyupress.org)
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Women's Studies on its Own: A Next
Wave Reader in Institutional Change, edited by Robyn Wiegman
(Duke University Press, 2002)
Through a compilation of essays, Robyn Wiegman traces the
course of Women's Studies from a political project in the 1970s
to the academic field it is today. The book begins with the
history of Women's Studies and continues with an examination
of the factors that have helped to develop the discipline in
the areas of pedagogy and curricula as well as its relation
to the institution, focusing on institutional practices that
both challenge and empower Women's Studies. As the contributors
examine the transformation of the field from the past to the
present, they look ahead to theorize about the intellectual
future of Women's Studies based on the current political dilemmas.
$23.95 paper. (Duke University Press, Box 90660, Durham, NC
27708-0660; www.dukeupress.edu)
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Diaries of Girls and Women: A Midwestern American Sampler
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edited by Suzanne L. Bunkers (The University of Wisconsin Press, 2001)
Diaries serve as a “window into women’s lives.” The purpose
of this collection of diary entries that begin in the nineteenth century from
forty-six women living in the Midwest is twofold. It serves first
to explore the ways in which diaries can document the diverse
lives of individuals and families and second to comprehend the various
ways that diaries function as forms of life writing. The diaries can be approached as
historical documents, therapeutic
tools, and a form of literature, which offers insight into these
women’s perspectives of themselves, their families, and the
communities around them. $24.95 paper (The University of Wisconsin Press,
2537 Daniels Street, Madison, WI 53718; www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress)
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