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Chicana

Chicana

7.7
Relating to Mexican American women, their culture, or social movements in the United States
  • adjective
  • /tʃɪˈkɑːnə/
  • US
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  • She proudly identifies as a Chicana, celebrating her heritage and cultural roots.

Examples

  • It helped to catalyze Chicana, Asian and New Black organizing efforts.

  • The Chicana movement has played a significant role in advocating for the rights of Mexican American women.

  • Within this cultural introspection, we find the Chicana authors who challenge their own Chicano culture for its chauvinistic tendencies.

    Academic text (1990)

  • African, Chicana, Asian, Native American, and lesbian women have queried the use of universal definitions and the correlative project of generalizing in any explanatory framework.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Many Chicana artists use their work to express the complexities of their identity in American society.

Surface Forms

Chicana positive

Etymology

Chicana comes from Chicano, a form of Mexicano ('Mexican') that Mexican Americans began using to show pride in their roots. So Chicana describes things relating to Mexican American women, their culture, or their social movements.