Chicana

American  

[chi-kah-nuh, -kan-uh] / tʃɪˈkɑ nə, -ˈkæn ə /

Or chicana

adjective

1. of or relating to female Mexican Americans or their culture.

   a conference on Chicana issues.

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noun

1. a Mexican American girl or woman.

Etymology

Origin of Chicana

First recorded in 1965–70; from Mexican Spanish, feminine of Chicano

Example Sentences

His death was announced in a Facebook post by Cal State Northidge’s Department of Chicano and Chicana Studies, which Acuña helped establish and where he taught for over four decades.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1969, he became the first professor in CSUN’s Mexican American studies department, now called the Chicano and Chicana Studies Department, which became an incubator for Latino activism in L.A. and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times

Harry Gamboa Jr., a Chicano artist, writer and educator, recalled seeing Acuña promote equal education and decry restrictions on the Chicana and Chicano studies department during a mid-1990s rally on the lawn of CSUN’s Oviatt Library.

From Los Angeles Times

At UCLA, Chicana/o and Central American Studies faculty are grappling with how to present Chávez’s influence on social movements after they voted to cut his name from the department title.

From Los Angeles Times

While open discussion of the allegations may be appropriate for older students, elementary students need a different approach, said Cal State Northridge professor Theresa Montaño, a Chicano and Chicana studies scholar who helped develop the state’s ethnic studies curriculum.

From Los Angeles Times