Mexican American Women, Dress and Gender: Pachucas, Chicanas, Cholas 0367109425, 9780367109424

Dress, Gender and Cultural Change: Asian American and African American Rites of Passage 9781847888686, 9781859739747, 9781859739792, 9781845209544

While African American dress has long been noted as having a distinctive edge, many people may not know that debutante b

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Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies: Women and the Mexican-American War 0813939917, 9780813939919

In Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies, John M. Belohlavek tells the story of women on both sides of the Mexican-American W

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Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress 9780674982376

For many Westerners, the veil is the ultimate sign of women’s oppression. But Liz Bucar’s take on Muslim women’s clothin

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Women, Men, and Gender 9780300146486

Gender controversies—about knowing and learning, conversational style, partner violence, sexuality, leadership styles, a

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Mexican Women in American Factories: Free Trade and Exploitation on the Border 9780292739147

Prior to the millennium, economists and policy makers argued that free trade between the United States and Mexico would

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Environmental Justice Poetics: Cultural Representations of Environmental Racism from Chicanas and Women in India 9783111041575, 9783111041100

This book is an interdisciplinary comparative investigation of activist, artistic, literary, and academic discourse—expr

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Environmental Justice Poetics: Cultural Representations of Environmental Racism from Chicanas and Women in India 9783111041575, 9783111041100

This book is an interdisciplinary comparative investigation of activist, artistic, literary, and academic discourse—expr

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Mexican American Fertility Patterns 9780292769779

The Mexican American population is the fastest growing major racial/ethnic group in the United States. During the decade

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Interviews with Mexican Women 9780367728830, 9781138581371, 9780429505454

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Women in Contemporary Mexican Politics 9780292798571

Since the mid-1980s, a dramatic opening in Mexico's political and electoral processes, combined with the growth of

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