Ecological borderlands : body, nature, and spirit in Chicana feminism /

This project focuses on environmental practices among Mexican-American women and offers a rethinking of ecofeminism from the standpoint of Chicana feminists. Christina Holmes examines ecological themes across film, literature, murals and other visual art, Chicano nationalist activism and contemporar...

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Main Author: Holmes, Christina, 1979- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Series:National Women's Studies Association journal reader.
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