CHICANX Definition & Meaning

Chicanx

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[ chi-kah-neks, ‐-kan-eks ]

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adjective

of or relating to Mexican Americans or their culture (used in place of the masculine form Chicano , the feminine form Chicana , or the gender-binary form Chican@ ):
The class studied several novels by Chicanx authors.

noun

plural Chicanxs (especially collectively) Chicanx.

a Mexican American (used in place of the masculine form Chicano , the feminine form Chicana , or the gender-binary form Chican@ ).

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of Chicanx¹

First recorded in 2000–05; Chican(a) ( def ) or Chican(o) ( def ) + x ³( def ) in the sense “unknown quantity or variable”; Chican@ ( def )

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“A lot of people think these issues are solved. But they are not. We still need resources and opportunities for us,” said Jimenez, who is part of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán, or MEChA, and has attended Native American campus events.

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For Chicanx artists in the 1970s, working with few resources and little institutional support, the body was an elemental material.

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On the whole, his work queered Chicanx culture while also Chicanx-izing queer culture.

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He is a budding queer icon among icons, a Chicanx body inhabiting the body of L.A. in funny, subversive ways.

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Collectively, their images capture the ways Chicanx artists have seized upon stylized self-presentation as a way of countering racism and exclusion.

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