The Oppositional Consciousness of Yolanda M. López

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Abstract

Based on an oral history interview, this essay examines the work of Yolanda M. Lopez, one of the most significant Chicana artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It posits that her work portrays feminist intersectionality and oppositional consciousness, predating the Chicana feminist literature on these paradigms. Documenting her political activism and the aesthetic strategies that emerged from her involvement in the Chicano movement, the essay illuminates the conceptual, deconstructivist, and semiotic style of the artist, which is frequently overlooked by critics. It concludes with the observation that Lopez's work recuperates Chicana empowerment.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)35-66
JournalAztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies
Volume34
Issue number2
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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