Date of Award
1-1-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Religious Studies
First Advisor
Luis Leon, Ph.D.
Keywords
Aztec, Chicana, Goddess, Indigenism, Spirituality
Abstract
Though the Chicano nationalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s helped Chicanas/os embrace an indigenous identity traced back to the Aztecs of Mexico, it nevertheless proved alienating to Chicanas. In response to patriarchal structures of control within the Chicano movement and Western culture, Chicanas developed a mestiza consciousness. The grounding of this new epistemic tradition in ancient indigenous practices creates a Chicana spirituality and a method for identifying with the cosmology and goddess mythology of the Aztecs. Though critics of Chicana spirituality question the authenticity of Chicana claims to indigenous traditions, Chicanas employ their spirituality as tool to transform them into agents of their own identity.
Publication Statement
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Recommended Citation
Vargas, Daisy, "Hijas Rebeldes: Chicana Spirituality and the Re(claiming) of the Indigenous" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 670.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/670
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Rights holder
Daisy Vargas
File size
55 p.
Copyright date
2012
File format
application/pdf
Language
en
Discipline
Religion, Ethnic studies, Women's studies