Abstract
Like most women of color, Latina women are casted with a narrow net and images are often constructed with the archetype that represents mainstream views and assumptions regarding the gender roles prevalent in the Latino culture. This chapter will explore how Latina identity, both patriarchal traditions and feminist thought, is constructed through motherhood. Latina/Chicana feminist epistemology empowers and influences women to develop narratives as redemption; these works are used to (re)claim the pervasive stories and use experiences as analysis of their testimonio.
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Baxley, T.P., Boston, G.H. (2014). Journey to the Center. In: (In)visible Presence. Transgressions, vol 102. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-689-9_5
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