Crossing Borders, Creating Spaces: Mexican and Chicana Women:

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1 The University of Illinois U l v at Chicago Latin American Studies (M/C 219) 1801 Univesity Hall Box 4348 Chicago, Illinois Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Chicago, IL Permit No Crossing Borders, Creating Spaces: Mexican and Chicana Women:

2 Crossing Borders, Creating Spaces: Mexican and Chicana Women: An International Conference Sponsored by with Support from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The Illinois Humanities Council The National Endowment for the Humanities The Illinois General Assembly April 9-11, 1992 Chicago, Illinois uic The conference is sponsored by various units at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC): Latin American Studies Program, Women's Studies Program, Departments of History and Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Center for Research on Women and Gender, the Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services Program, Rafael Cintron Ortiz Cultural Center, Latinas Unidas, the Latino Student Board, Student Activities Funding Committee, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Latinos, Latino Committee on University Affairs, Office of Women's Affairs. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Registration The registration fee of $50 (institutional) or $40 (individual) entitles you to program materials, admission to all program activities, receptions, and artistic performances Thursday and Friday evenings. A reduced rate of $35 for individual registrants is available to those registering before March 25, A $15 rate is available to non-uic students. All UIC students, faculty, and staff are admitted free. Lodging A limited number of rooms are available at the Congress Hotel, 520 South Michigan Avenue, at special rates of $65 single and $75 double occupancy. Call hotel reservations at (312) and identify yourself as a participant in this conference. Location The conference will be held in Room 605 of the Chicago Circle Center, 750 South Halsted Street, and Room 285 of the Education, Communications, and Social Work Building, at Harrison and Morgan streets on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus.

3 Crossing Borders, Creating Spaces: Mexican and Chicana Women, April 9-11, 1992 The conference brings together scholars, professionals, advocates, teachers, students, and artists to probe the commonalities and differences in the historical experiences of women in Mexico and Mexican women in the United States in order to give women voice in the emerging dialogue around U.S.-Mexican relationships. Thursday, April 9 En-Gendering Resistance: The Masculinity of 'Communities' in Revolutionary Mexico 605 Circle Center Maria Teresa Koreck, Women's Studies, University of Michigan 1:30 p.m. Opening Remarks Louise Ano Nuevo Kerr, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, History, UIC Rafael Nunez Cedeno, Interim Director of Latin American Studies Program, Spanish, UIC Mary Kay Vaughan, Latin American Studies, History, UIC Catalina Vallejos Bartlett, Latin American Recruitment and Comment: Friedrich Katz, History, University of Chicago 6:00-7:30 p.m. Reception at Rafael Cintron Ortiz Cultural Center Lecture Center B2 Chicago Poets: Diane C. Gomez and Carmen Abrego Friday, April 10 Educational Services Program and Academic Skills Program, UIC 605 Circle Center 2:00-4:00 p.m. Women of the Mexican Countryside in the 19th Century 9:00-11:00 a.m. Rural Women, Work and Gender Relations, Women in Agriculture in Porfirian Oaxaca From Metate to Despate: Rural Women's Salaried Labor and the Redefinition of Gendered Spaces and Roles Gail Murmmert, Anthropology, Colegio de Michoacan Francie R. Chassen Lopez, History, University of Kentucky Rural Women, Work and the Commercialization in Cordoba, Veracruz, of Coffee Production Heather Fowler Salamini, History, Bradley University Women, Bride Wealth and Marriage: A Structural Analysis of Peon Debt on the Henequen Haciendas of Yucatan Piedad Peniche, Anthropologist, Director General, Archivo General del Estado de Yucatan 4:00-6:00 p.m. Women and Gender in Mexican Revolutions Exploring the Origins of Democratic Patriarchy in Mexico: Gender and Popular Resistance in the Puebla Highlands, Florencia Mallon, History, University of Wisconsin-Madison The Soldadera in the Mexican Revolution Elizabeth Salas, Chicano Studies, University of Washington-Seattle Rural Women's Literacy and Education in the Mexican Revolution: Changes in Women's Domestic Labor in Rural Puebla, Maria da Gloria Marroni de Velazquez, Economics, Universidad Autonoma de Puebla Three Microhistories of Women's Work in Rural Mexico Patricia Arias, Anthropology, Universidad de Guadalajara 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Rural Women, Ideology, and Culture, Doha Zeferina Barreto: A Biographical Sketch of an Indian Woman from the State of Morelos Judith Friedlander, Anthropology, Dean of Social Sciences, Hunter College The Antagonism of Class and Community in Women's Politics in Morelos, Joann Martin, Anthropology and Sociology, Earlham College Marianismo and Machismo Revisited Gerdien Steenbeek, Anthropology, Center for Latin American Research and Documentation, Amsterdam, Holland Subverting a Patriarchal Event? Mary Kay Vaughan, Latin American Studies, History, UIC Comment: Asuncion Lavrin, History, Howard University

4 2:00-4:00 p.m. Do Women in Mexico and Mexican Women in the United States Share Common Histories? Speakers: Norma Alarcon, Chicano Studies, University of California- Berkeley Adelaida del Castillo, Mexican-American Studies and Latin American Studies, San Diego State University Berta Hinojosa, Chicago-Mexico Project and Mujeres Latinas en Accion, Chicago 4:00-6:00 p.m. Race, Gender, and Identity in Academic Inquiry Chicanas in Hollywood Film Elizabeth Salas, Chicano Studies, University of Washington-Seattle Infinite Divisions: Constructions of Chicana Identities in Chicana Literature Tey Diana Rebolledo, Modern and Classical Languages, University of New Mexico Comment: Catalina Vallejos Bartlett, Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services Program and Academic Skills Program, UIC 6:00-7:30 p.m. Reception 8:00-9:00 p.m.theater Performance: "Orquideas a la Luz de la Luna" John Paul II Center, 700 South Morgan Aguijon II Theater Company, Chicago Saturday, April 11 Room L285 Education, Communications, and Social Work Building 9:00-11:00 a.m. Transplanting and Transforming Mexican Culture in the Borderlands Presidarias y Pobladoras: Mestizas, Colonialism, and Community on the Borderlands Frontier Antonia Castaneda, Chicano Studies and Women's Studies, University of California-Santa Barbara Seasons, Seeds, and Souls: Mexican Women Gardening in the Arizona-New Mexico Mesilla, Raquel Rubio Goldsmith, History, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona Mexican American Women in Houston: Work, Family, and Community, Emma Perez, History, University of Texas-El Paso 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Transplanting and Transforming Mexican Culture in the United States: The Midwest Around the Kitchen Table: Oral Performances Among Women in Chicago Marcia Farr, English, UIC Mexican Culture and Perinatal Issues among Mexican Women in Chicago Lucy Martinez Schallmoser, Nursing, UIC Comment: Margaret Sherraden, Social Work, Center for International Studies, University of Missouri-Saint Louis 2:00-3:30 p.m. Mexicana/Chicana Women in the Industrial Labor Force in the United States Mexican Women and ILGWU Organizing in Los Angeles Maria Soldatenko, Sociology, University of California-Los Angeles Mexican Women in the Illinois Electronics Industry Irene Campos Carr, Director, Women's Studies, Northeastern University Hispana Working Mothers: Reconciling the Contradictions and Family of Work Patricia Zavella, Community Studies, University of California-Santa Cruz 3:30-5:00 p.m. Women and Public Sphere Empowerment The Chicana Feminist Movement Alma Garcia, Sociology and Ethnic Studies, Director of Women's Studies, Santa Clara University Midwestern Chicana Women in the Industrial Labor Movement Louise Ano Nuevo Kerr, History, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UIC Mothers of East LA: Gender, Ethnicity, and Community Action Mary Pardo, Chicano Studies, California State University-Northridge Comment: Jacarani Valdes, UNIR, Chicago 5:30-6:30 p.m. The Future of Dialogue The conference is sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago with partial support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly. The views expressed at the conference do not necessarily represent those of any of the sponsoring agencies. student The Dance of the Curanderas Elena Avila, RN, MSN, Curandera, Albuquerque The statements, opinions and ideas conveyed in this program do not necessarily express the position of the University of Illinois at Chicago. activities funding committee Art/Logo Design, John Dominguez Brochure Design: Jose Gamaliel Gonzalez

5 Registration Crossing Borders, Creating Spaces: Mexican and Chicana Women, General Conference Registration Institutional $50 Individual (Before March 25) $35 (After March 25) $40 Student (Non-UIC) $15 General Conference Registration Fee includes conference materials, admittance to all sessions, and receptions Thursday and Friday evenings. Name Affiliation Address City State Zip Code Country Telephone : Fax Your registration form must be accompanied by a check or money order payable to the University of Illinois at Chicago, in U.S. currency only. Return registration form and payment to Laura Lopez, Latin American Studies (M/C 219), 1801 University Hall, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Box 4348, Chicago, Illinois Telephone: (312)