Chicana Theory in the Flesh: A Bridge for the Transnational Feminist Movement

Since 1979, Chicanas have served as a bridge to the first feminist movement involving women of color in the United States, namely US third world feminism, and thus as a bridge to what we recognize today as the Transnational Feminist Movement. US third world feminism espouses the seminal principles of a transnational feminist methodology, in particular, a clear understanding of the crucial roles that location, race, class, and sexual orientation, as well as international processes of economic, political, and social globalization play in the construction of gender. Before this idea can be proven, however, an important question must first be answered: What and why is Transnational Feminism and how do Chicana feminist projects intersect with this movement?