Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Sep 2013 Open Access

Chicanas Making Change: Institutional Rhetoric and the Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional

Kendall Leon

Abstract

This article draws on an archival case study of the Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional (CFMN). Building on my experience as an activist and working in communities and institutions, I argue that it is valuable to examine and translate the histories and practices of organizations like the CFMN to learn the rhetorical abilities we need to operate and make collective change as both part of and outside of publics and institutions. To make this argument, I analyze how Chicanas of the CFMN incited change by writing, theorizing, and making an identity through what might be considered mundane and programmatic writing.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2013-09-01
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10.59236/rjv13i1pp165-194
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