Chicana feminism is a sociopolitical movement, theory, and praxis that scrutinizes the historical, cultural, spiritual, educational, and economic intersections impacting Chicanas and the Chicana/o community in the United States.[1] Chicana feminism empowers women to challenge institutionalized social norms and regards anyone a feminist who fights for the end of women's oppression in the community.[1][2]
Chicana feminism encouraged women to reclaim their existence between and among the Chicano Movement and second-wave feminist movements from the 1960s to the 1970s.[1] Chicana feminists recognized that empowering women would empower the Chicana/o community, yet routinely faced opposition.[1][3] Critical developments in the field, including from Chicana lesbian feminists, expanded limited ideas of the Chicana beyond conventional understandings.[3]
Xicanisma formed as a significant intervention developed by Ana Castillo in 1994 to reinvigorate Chicana feminism and recognize a shift in consciousness that had occurred since the Chicano Movement,[4][5] as an extension and expansion of Chicanismo.[6] It partly inspired the formation of Xicanx identity.[7] Chicana cultural productions, including Chicana art, literature, poetry, music, and film continue to shape Chicana feminism in new directions.[8] Chicana feminism is often placed in conversation with decolonial feminism.[9][10]
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^Lerate, Jesús; Ángeles Toda Iglesia, María (2007). "Entrevista con Ana Castillo". Critical Essays on Chicano Studies. Peter Lang AG. p. 26. ISBN9783039112814.
^Dicochea, Perlita R. (2004). "Chicana Critical Rhetoric: Recrafting La Causa in Chicana Movement Discourse, 1970-1979". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 25 (1): 77–92. doi:10.1353/fro.2004.0032. S2CID143518721.