Brown Trans Figurations: Rethinking Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Chicanx/Latinx Studies by
Brown trans subjects are treated as deceptive, unnatural, nonexistent, or impossible, their bodies, lives, and material circumstances represented through tropes and used as metaphors. Restoring personhood and agency to these subjects, Francisco J. Galarte advances “brown trans figuration” as a theoretical framework to describe how transness and brownness coexist within the larger queer, trans, and Latinx historical experiences.
Post-Borderlandia: Chicana Literature and Gender Variant Critique by
Post-Borderlandia examines why gender variance is such a core theme in contemporary Chicana and Chicanx narratives. It considers how Chicana butch lesbians and Chicanx trans people are not only challenging heteropatriarchal norms, but also departing from mainstream conceptions of queerness and gender identification. Expanding on Gloria Anzaldúa's classic formulation of the Chicana as transformer of the “borderlands,” Jackie Cuevas explores how a new generation of Chicanx writers, performers, and filmmakers are imagining a “post-borderlands” subjectivity, where shifting national, racial, class, sexual, and gender identifications produce complex power dynamics.
Identities: Race, Class, Gender, and Nationality by
The breadth and depth of analysis provide a comparative study of identities through multiple theoretical frameworks, making this a perfect classroom text and resource for theorists.
Huesos en el Desierto by
La dimensión desconocida -- El mapa díficil -- Una muchacha para nunca jamás -- Criminólogos rodantes -- Cuentos crueles -- "¡Arriba el Norte ...!" -- La maldición de la tía bruja -- Baño de sangre en la frontera -- Un superdetective en la dimensión desconocida -- La pequeña holandesa -- Muertas sin fin -- Los motivos del lobo -- Policías bajo sospecha -- La defensa imposible -- La familia feliz -- La ciudadana X -- Campos de algodón -- La vida inconclusa.
Las Hijas de Juarez by
Ciudad Juárez, México, queda en la frontera sur del Río Bravo, frente a El Paso, Texas. Por más de doce años, aquí se ha llevado a cabo un sinnúmero de crímenes atroces contra mujeres y niñas que incluyen secuestros, violaciones, mutilaciones y asesinatos. Según Amnistía Internacional, para 2006, se habían encontrado más de 400 cadáveres, sin contar centenares de desaparecidas. Muchos creen que las muertes se deben a la violencia e impunidad que imperan en la ciudad. Entre las teorías que se proponen están uno o varios asesinos en serie, los sacrificios en rituales satánicos, el poderoso cartel del narcotráfico de Juárez y hasta corruptos funcionarios mexicanos que encubren a los responsables. Este libro promete ser una reveladora obra literaria que revela no sólo la brutalidad tras estos sangrientos hechos, sino las violaciones de los derechos humanos de la mujer en México.
The Daughters of Juarez: by
For more than twelve years the Mexican border city of Juárez has been the center of an epidemic of horrific crimes against women and girls: kidnappings, rape, mutilation, and murder, with most of the victims conforming to a specific profile--young, slender, and poor. Speculation that the killer or killers are American citizens has led the U.S. government to send in criminal profilers from the FBI, but little real information about this international atrocity has emerged. As of 2006 more than 400 bodies have been recovered, with hundreds still missing. Among the theories being considered are illegal trafficking in human organs, ritualistic satanic sacrifices, copycat killers, and a conspiracy between members of the powerful Juárez drug cartel and some corrupt Mexican officials who have turned a blind eye to the felonies. This book is the first to examine the brutal killings and draw attention to these atrocities on the border.
Señorita Extraviada by
In a chilling portrayal of a Mexican border town, Lourdes Portillo investigates the rape and murder of over 250 young women, most of whom were factory workers, or "maquiladoras." The authorities make little effort to resolve the crimes against the women, content to imprison those who confess under duress. Portillo speaks to the relatives of the victims and to the authorities who have failed them. Rather than finding the culprits, she explores a society in which such crimes are prevalent
Violence and Activism at the Border: Gender, Fear, and Everyday life in Ciudad Juárez by
Between 1993 and 2003, more than 370 girls and women were murdered and their often-mutilated bodies dumped outside Ciudad Jurez in Chihuahua, Mexico. The murders have continued at a rate of approximately thirty per year, yet law enforcement officials have made no breakthroughs in finding the perpetrator(s). Drawing on in-depth surveys, workshops, and interviews of Jurez women and border activists, Violence and Activism at the Border provides crucial links between these disturbing crimes and a broader history of violence against women in Mexico.
Betrayed: the Assassination of Digna Ochoa by
Despite a note beside her body addressed to other "sons-of-bitch" human rights lawyers, the Mexican government ruled Digna Ochoa's violent death "probable suicide" and slammed the case shut in July 2003. But journalist Linda Diebel will not let Ochoa's story die. Here is her chilling account of a cold-blooded murder and a cover-up that reaches into the top echelons of the Mexican government.
Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era by
The essays in Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activisim and Feminism in the Movement Era demonstrate how Chicanas enacted a new kind of politica at the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality, and developed innovative concepts, tactics, and methodologies that in turn generated new theories, art forms, organizational spaces, and strategies of alliance.
Sustaining Spirit: Self-Care for Social Justice by 
Ecological Borderlands: Body, Nature, and Spirit in Chicana Feminism by
Environmental practices among Mexican American woman have spurred a reconsideration of ecofeminism among Chicana feminists. Christina Holmes examines ecological themes across the arts, Chicana activism, and direct action groups to reveal how Chicanas can craft alternative models for ecofeminist processes. Holmes revisits key debates to analyze issues surrounding embodiment, women's connections to nature, and spirituality's role in ecofeminist philosophy and practice. By doing so, she challenges Chicanas to escape the narrow frameworks of the past in favor of an inclusive model of environmental feminism that alleviates Western biases.
Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma by
A countryless woman: the early feminista -- The 1986 Watsonville Women's Strike: a case of Mexicana activism -- The ancient roots of machismo -- Saintly mother and soldier's whore: the leftist/Catholic paradigm -- In the beginning there was Eva -- La Macha: toward an erotic whole self -- Brujas and curanderas: a lived spirituality -- Un Tapiz: poetics of conscientizacin -- Toward the mother-bond principle -- Resurrection of the dreamers.
Theories of the Flesh: Latinx and Latin American Feminisms, Transformation, and Resistance by
This volume of new essays stages an intergenerational dialogue among philosophers to introduce and deepen engagement with U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy, and to explore their "theories in the flesh."
Feminism, Nation and Myth: La Malinche by
This collection of essays explores the scholarship on La Malinche, the indigenous woman who is said to have led Cortes and his troops to the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. Drawing from the humanities and the social sciences, feminist studies, queer studies, Chicano/o studies, and Latina/o studies, critics and theorists in this volume analyze the interaction and interdependence of race, class and gender when studying this controversial figure. The continual interest in La Malinche demands that scholars disassemble and reconstruct concepts of nation, community, agency, subjectivity and social activism
¡Chicana Power! Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement by
Spinning the record : historical writing and righting -- Chicana insurgencies : stories of transformation, youth rebellion, and campus organizing -- Retrofitted memory : Chicana historical subjectivities between and beyond nationalist imaginaries -- Engendering print cultures and Chicana feminist counterpublics in the Chicano movement -- Interpretive dilemmas, multiple meanings : convergence and disjuncture at the 1971 Conferencia de Mujeres por la Raza -- Chicanas in movement : activist and scholar legacies in the making.
Twenty-First Century Latin American Narrative and Postmodern Feminism by
While the more traditional feminists of the 20th century did not recognize in their theoretical and literary work the diversity of women's experiences, current Latin American post-feminist and post-modern writers are proposing a transgressive new social order, resulting in a more significant cultural resistance to the society they represent.
Gender's Place: Feminist Anthropologies of Latin America by
This collection explores ways in which the interrelationship of gender and "place" can serve as a lens for analyzing the cultural, social, and historical specificity of gender and other social inequalities. By "tearing down" theoretical and analytic fences prevalent in research on gender in Latin America in order to construct ethnographically specific alternatives, the book demonstrates the unique contribution that anthropology can make to gender and area studies.
Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean by
Eighteen women, including Jamaica Kincaid, Rigoberta Menchu, Cherrie Moraga, Marjorie Agosin, Margaret Randall, Gloria Anzaldua, Michelle Cliff, Edwidge Danticat, and Julia Alvarez, are featured in this powerful anthology on art, feminism, and activism in Latin America and the Caribbean.
A Miscarriage of Justice: Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil by
A Miscarriage of Justice examines women's reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the onset of republicanism in 1889, women's reproductive capabilities—their ability to conceive and raise future citizens and laborers—became critical to the expansion of the new Brazilian state.
Deco Body, Deco City: Female Spectacle and Modernity in Mexico City, 1900–1939 by
Sluis explores the effects of changing gender norms on the formation of urban space in Mexico City by linking aesthetic and architectural discourses to political and social developments. Through an analysis of the relationship between female migration to the city and gender performances on and off the stage, the book shows how a new transnational ideal female physique informed the physical shape of the city.
From Angel to Office Worker: Middle-Class Identity and Female Consciousness in Mexico, 1890–1950 by
2019 Thomas McGann Award for best publication in Latin American Studies In late nineteenth-century Mexico a woman's presence in the home was a marker of middle-class identity. However, as economic conditions declined during the Mexican Revolution and jobs traditionally held by women disappeared, a growing number of women began to look for work outside the domestic sphere. As these “angels of the home” began to take office jobs, middle-class identity became more porous.
Mexico's Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women by
México's Nobodies examines two key figures in Mexican history that have remained anonymous despite their proliferation in the arts: the soldadera and the figure of the mulata. B. Christine Arce unravels the stunning paradox evident in the simultaneous erasure (in official circles) and ongoing fascination (in the popular imagination) with the nameless people who both define and fall outside of traditional norms of national identity.
Female Citizens, Patriarchs, and the Law in Venezuela, 1786-1904 by
Female Citizens, Patriarchs, and the Law in Venezuela examines the effects that liberalism had on gender relations in the process of state formation in Caracas from the late eighteenth to the nineteenth century.
Dissident Women: Gender and Cultural Politics in Chiapas by
Yielding pivotal new perspectives on the indigenous women of Mexico, this book presents a diverse collection of voices exploring the human rights and gender issues that gained international attention after the first public appearance of the Zapatista National Liberation Army in 1994.
Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement From Latino Chicago by
Highlighting Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Chicanas of 18th Street shows the women's motivations, initiatives, and experiences in politics during the 1960s and 1970s, these rich personal accounts reveal the complexity of the Chicano movement, conflicts within the movement, and the importance of teatro and cultural expressions to the movement.