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Chicana Identity Construction: Pushing the Boundaries

San Antonio College Women’s Center, San Antonio, Texas

Esmeralda de los Santos

H-E-B School of Business and Administration at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas

Identity concepts that Chicana feminists have described as central to their developmental experience are not reflected in the traditional views of identity, feminist accounts of women’s identity, or ethnic identity theory. Chicana feminist Gloria Anzaldúa initially postulated that in the straddling of two cultures, a hybrid or mestiza identity is created. Recent research efforts conducted by Chicanas identify attitudes and behaviors characteristic of mestizas, yielding new details and information on Chicana identity formation.

Key Words: Mexican American women • Chicana ethnic identity • ethnic identity construction • ethnic identity theory

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