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It is impossible to discuss Chicana/Chicano theatre without first addressing the political nature of the very term Chicano. While the feminists of the 1970s taught us that a feminist recognizes the elision and oppression and does something about it, so it is with anybody who refers to herself or himself as a Chicana or Chicano. Nobody knows the etymology of the term, but we do know that during the tumultuous 1960s, progressive and radical Mexican Americans rejected the hyphenation and began calling themselves Chicanos as an affirmation of an identity that was neither Mexican nor American. To be a Chicana or Chicano means you are trying to bring about social justice for your communities.
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Huerta, J.A. (2013). Who’s in Charge?. In: Syssoyeva, K.M., Proudfit, S. (eds) A History of Collective Creation. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137331304_13
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