Narratives Of Mexican American Women
Alma García offers a bold new interpretation of identity formation for second generation immigrants in America. The narratives of Mexican American women in higher education reveal their journeys of self-discovery, a process filled with tensions, contradictions, and ambiguities. García captures the spirit of their struggles to understand their sense of self, culture, and society. Her qualitative analyses reveal the emergent processes by which these women negotiate ethnic, gender, and class...
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Garc'a offers a bold new interpretation of identity formation for second-generation immigrants in America. Her qualitative analysis of Mexican American women in higher education reveals the processes by which they negotiate ethnic, gender, and class identities with Mexican immigrant parents and with their university communities. She provides significant insight into the processes of cultural continuity and change. Her new book is an innovative contribution to Mexican American studies, women's studies, multicultural education, and sociology.
Preface1Narratives of Second-Generation Mexican American Women12(Re)Creating Mexico413Palimpsests of Identities714Confronting and Contesting Patriarchal Constraints1115Emergent Identities in a University Setting1456Narratives of the Second Generation: Concluding Remarks185Notes193References213Index229About the Author239
\ ChoiceGarcìa (soiciology, Santa Clara Univ.) fills a niche in immigrant studies by crafting this interdisciplinary study of second-generation Mexican American women attending US colleges. Written in a very engaging style, the study is structured within postmodernist, feminist, and social consrtuctionist theoretical orientations....a finely focused study of a specific group that should serve commendably as the basis for establishing future higher education policy, as the author had hoped....Highly Recommended.\ — J. B. Wolford, Missouri Historical Society\ \
