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Mujerista was largely influenced by the African American women's "Womanist" approach proposed by Alice Walker. Mujerista was defined by Ada María Isasi-Díaz in 1996. This Latina feminist identity draws from the main ideas of womanism by combating inequality and oppression through participation in social justice movements within the Latina/o community. Mujerismo is rooted in the in relationships built with the community and emphasizes individual experiences in relation to "communal struggles" to redefine the Latina/o identity.

Mujerismo represents the body of knowledge while Mujerista refers to the individual who identifies with these believes. The origins of these terms began with Gloria Anzaldúa’s This Bridge We Call Home (1987), Ana Castillo’s Massacre of the Dreamer: Essays in Xicanisma (1994), and Gloria Anzaldúa and Cherrie Moraga’s This Bridge Called My Back (1984). Mujerista is a Latina-oriented “womanist” approach to everyday life and relationships. It emphasizes the need to connect the formal, public life of work and education with the private life of culture and the home by privileging cultural experiences. As such, it differs from Feminista which focuses on the historic context of the feminist movement. To be Mujerista is to integrate body, emotion, spirit and community into a single identity. Mujerismo recognizes how personal experiences are valuable sources of knowledge. The development of all these components form a foundation for collective action in the form of activism.

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Mujerista

-Definition: Mujerista was largely influenced by the African American women's "Womanist" approach proposed by Alice Walker. Mujerista draws from the main ideas of womanism by combating inequality and oppression through participation in social justice movements.

-"Feminista refers to a Latin American and/or Greater Mexican/Chicana feminist movement, while mujerista refers to Latina-oriented 'womanist' sensibility or approach to power, knowledge, and relationships rooted in convictions for community uplift" (Villenas et al., 2006).

-"A mujerista epistemology recognizes how knowledge is produced in, and accessed through, bodies, emotions, spiritualities, relationships

with others, and relationships with self. It draws attention to the intimate spaces of the home, of mother–daughter relationships, friendships, love, and the spiritual world as sources of knowledge" (Nygreen, Saba, & Moreno, 2016)

Mujerismo

- Mujerismo is described as "...a system of thought, or worldview, that centers Latina women's concrete experiences, sources of knowledge, and survival strategies" (Nygreen, Saba, & Moreno, 2016).

- "Mujerismo is associated with the realm of the private, intimate, everyday spaces of women's lives."

-"Feminista refers to a Latin American and/or Greater Mexican/Chicana feminist movement, while mujerista refers to a Latina-oriented “womanist” sensibility or approach to power, knowledge, and relationships rooted in convictions for community uplift. Often we use the former to signify the mobilized and historical base for Chicana feminist thought. We use the latter to call attention to a sensibility and orientation to everyday Latina communal relationships and issues—especially because el feminismo as a concept often does not have meaning for ordinary women as they go about their everyday lives." (Villenas et al., 2006)