Creative Collectives: Chicana Painters Working in CommunityA compelling blend of art history, social analysis, and personal testimony, Creative Collectives presents a new paradigm for understanding Chicana o studies. By following the artistic and ideological journeys of two groups of northern California Chicana artists, Mar a Ochoa argues that the women involved in these collectives created complex images whose powerful visual social commentary sprang from the daily experiences of their lives. Ochoa's