CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Word Images: A Norma Elia Cantú Critical Reader Editor: Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Seattle University, author/editor of: Communal Feminisms: Chicanas, Chilenas and Cultural Exile (Lexington Books, 2007). Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia (Utah State University Press, 2012). Rebozos de Palabras: An Helena MarÃa Viramontes Critical … Read more
Member Clara Roman-Odio shares this announcement of her newly published book and link to video interview on it: Sacred Iconographies shows how Chicanas look beyond local histories and confront new asymmetries produced by transnational systems in the era of globalization. Empowered by the rich traditions of their indigenous spiritualities, Chicanas expose the failures of these … Read more
Chon A. Noriega’s tribute to Lupe Ontiveros on the Huffington Post makes our list of must read online material. To read more than the brief excerpt below, click on the title click: The Academy’s Conundrum: Lupe Ontiveros By Chon A. Noriega, Director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center It’s a conundrum, to be sure. … Read more
When I applied for admission to the doctoral program of the Department of Drama at Stanford University ten years ago, I included a clearly written statement about my politics as a self-identified working class Xicana lesbian theatre artist. (I also had stated as much in my application to the UCLA MFA in Directing. I cite … Read more
Last November in Oakland, at the meetings of the National Women’s Studies Association, I attended a session entitled “Imagining New Solutions for Old Problems: Domestic Workers Create Networks – Transforming the Struggle for Social and Economic Justice”. The panel offered academic, activist, and worker voices reflecting on the current state of labor activism in a field comprised largely of … Read more
Today, the Mujeres Talk Collective brings together a series of dichos for graduate students as we kick off the year 2013, the winter quarter, and the spring semester. Because many of us do not have frequent access to Chicana camaraderie and mentorship and more of us cannot wait until the Summer Institute to solicit advice, … Read more
Based on Antonia Castaneda’s 2012 MALCS Plenary presentation “MALCS’ Decolonizing Work: Naming and Undoing Institutional Violence, From SB1070 to Chicana/o Studies” Reprinted from News from Nepantla, UCSB Chicano Studies Newsletter, Fall 2011, No. 5. Â Thank you to Aida Hurtado, Jessica Lopez Lyman, andWilliam Calvo-Quiros.