ERIC Number: EJ1015294
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1555-9734
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"La Hermandad" and Chicanas Organizing: The Community Rhetoric of the "Comision Femenil Mexicana Nacional" Organization
Leon, Kendall Marie
Community Literacy Journal, v7 n2 p1-20 2013
To address the need for situated accounts of community rhetoric, this article examines the legacy of the first Chicana feminist organization, the "Comision Femenil Mexicana Nacional (CFMN)." The CFMN and their archival collection provide[d] Chicanas an education about how to interpret, be and act in the world. To invent a rhetorical identity, and an organization that makes change, the CFMN 1) invoked a remembering of a Chicana history of policy making to incite other Chicanas into political action, and 2) strategically drew on the use of the Chicana concept of "La Hermandad" to define a particular Chicana method of collectivity. (Contains 2 figures and 19 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Hispanic American Culture, Females, Feminism, Activism, History, National Organizations, Policy Formation, Community Organizations, Identification (Psychology), Political Issues, Gender Issues, Mexican Americans, Social Justice, Role of Education
Community Literacy Journal. Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse, DePaul University, 802 West Belden Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614. Tel: 906-370-0206; Web site: http://communityliteracy.org/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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