KENDALL HUNT PUBLISHING Remembering Frida

New Chicano/a Studies Publication Now Available! In the Chicana coming of age, Frida Kahlo embodied the whole notion of culture for Chicana women. She represented all that we valued: courage, activism , personal strength, familia, beauty and artistic creativity. Individually and collectively she became an imagined ancestor we not only wanted, but needed. Her iconic image, her paintings and her struggle as a woman inspired us and moved us forward in our own movimiento. ―Amalia Mesa Bains Roberta Orona-Cordova's Remembering Frida chronicles the life of Frida Kahlo and the impact she's made to Chicana women. The publication includes twelve original essays from a diverse group of authors along with questions for consideration and response to expand learning opportunities and to reinforce comprehension of the material presented.