Social Science Stereotypes of the Mexican American Woman

Policy Implications for Research

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6064601
AutoresSally J Andrade (Intercultural Development Research Association, San Antonio, Texas, autor de correspondencia)
Año1982
Volumen4
Número2
Páginas223-244
Fecha de publicación1982-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/07399863820042006
PMID12280174
OpenAlexW2120024708
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas26

The social sciences portray the Chicana or Mexican American woman almost exclusively as a submissive maternal figure. The tenacity with which the social sciences have perpetuated stereotypes about Chicanas appears to be related to an on-going trend to support studies of interpersonal or cultural characteristics of Chicanas and a resistance to undertake evaluations of systemic discrimination against Mexican American women. Given that the variables of sex, ethnicity, and social class as well as race continue to be confounded in much of the research on Mexican American families, an analysis of the existing stereotypic images of Chicanas generates policy recommendations to institutions of higher education and other organizations involved in bicultural research for the development of vigorous affirmative action programs to recruit and promote Mexican American women

Disadvantaged · Ethnic group · Ethnocentrism · Mexican americans · Political science · Population · Social class · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Stereotype (UML) · Demography · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology