The Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas Into History

By (author): "Emma PĂ©rez"
Publish Date: July 1st 1999
The Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas Into History
ISBN0253212839
ISBN139780253212832
AsinThe Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas Into History
Original titleThe Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas into History (Theories of Representation and Difference)
"The Decolonial Imaginary is a smart, challenging book that disrupts a great deal of what we think we know... it will certainly be read seriously in Chicano/a studies." --Women's Review of BooksEmma Perez discusses the historical methodology which has created Chicano history and argues that the historical narrative has often omitted gender. She poses a theory which rejects the colonizer's methodological assumptions and examines new tools for uncovering the hidden voices of Chicanas who have been relegated to silence.