ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with Cambero Socorro’s testimonio, which illustrates how theory emerges from the lives of everyday people as they struggle to live and create a better world. Feminist theories provide a way to recognize the material and ideological manifestations of gender in shaping racial domination and economic exploitation. One of the most prominent contributors to Chicana feminism is Gloria Anzaldua—Chicana feminist writer, poet, activist. The history of Chicana feminism traces back to the 1960s during the Chicano movement. Men and cultural nationalists believed feminism to be an individualist search for identity that was a distraction from the Chicano movement’s “real” issues such as racism. Chicana feminists were read as advocating for antimale ideology, as “feministas”, and “vendidas” who were “anti-Chicano movement”. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
