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  • Fiestas in Laredo

    Matachines, Quinceañeras, and George Washington’s Birthday

    by Norma E. Cantú ...
    This book celebrates the many types of fiestas found in the border community of Laredo, Texas. Told from an insider's perspective and blending memoir, ethnography, and a folkloristic analysis, the author explores the meaning of the celebrations for the community. Norma E. Cantú focuses on three fiestas—Los Matachines, a folk-Catholic traditional dance; Quinceañeras, the coming-of-age celebrations ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico

    Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives

    by Norma E. Cantú ...
    Much ink has been spilled over the men of the Mexican Revolution, but far less has been written about its women. Kathy Sosa, Ellen Riojas Clark, and Jennifer Speed set out to right this wrong in Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico, which celebrates the women of early Texas and Mexico who refused to walk a traditional path.The anthology embraces an expansive definition of the word revolutionary ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Somos Tejanas!

    Chicana Identity and Culture in Texas

    Edited by Jody A. Marín, Norma E. Cantú ...
    2026 Outstanding Book Award for Non-Fiction, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Tejas FocoAn expansive volume on Tejana identity and Tejanidad told through personal narratives, poetry, and essays.Being Tejanx is different than just being from Texas. Being Tejanx means you are a border subject. Being Tejanx means living in and from a certain history of oppression, ... Read more

    $48.09 CAD

  • Chicana Portraits

    Critical Biographies of Twelve Chicana Writers

    by Raquel Valle-Sentíes ...
    This innovative collection pairs portraits with critical biographies of twelve key Chicana writers, offering an engaging look at their work, contributions to the field, and major achievements.Artist Raquel Valle-Sentíes’s portraits bring visual dimension, while essays delve deeply into the authors’ lives for details that inform their literary, artistic, feminist, and political trajectories and ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Cabañuelas

    A Novel

    by Norma Elia Cantú ...
    Nena leaves Laredo, Texas, and moves to Madrid, Spain, to research the historical roots of traditional fiestas in Laredo. Immersing herself in post-Franco Spain and its rich history, its food, music, and fiestas, Nena finds herself falling for Paco, a Spaniard who works in publishing. Nena’s research and experiences teach her about who she is, where she comes from, and what is important to her, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Meditación Fronteriza

    Poems of Love, Life, and Labor

    by Norma Elia Cantú ...
    Series series Camino del Sol
    This collection is a beautifully crafted exploration of life in the Texas-Mexico borderlands. Written by Norma Elia Cantú, the award-winning author of Canícula, this collection carries the perspective of a powerful force in Chicana literature—and literature worldwide.The poems are a celebration of culture, tradition, and creativity that navigates themes of love, solidarity, and political ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

  • Canícula

    Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera. Updated Edition.

    by Norma Elia Cantú ...
    Winner of the Premio Aztlán Literary PrizeCanícula—the dog days—a particularly intense part of the summer when most cotton is harvested in South Texas. In Norma Cantú’s fictionalized memoir of Laredo in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, it also represents a time between childhood and a still-unknown adulthood. Snapshots and the author’s re-created memories allow readers to experience the pivotal ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Teaching Gloria E. Anzaldúa

    Pedagogy and Practice for Our Classrooms and Communities

    Edited by Margaret Cantú-Sánchez, Candace de León-Zepeda, Norma Elia Cantú ...
    Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa—theorist, Chicana, feminist—famously called on scholars to do work that matters. This pronouncement was a rallying call, inspiring scholars across disciplines to become scholar-activists and to channel their intellectual energy and labor toward the betterment of society. Scholars and activists alike have encountered and expanded on these pathbreaking theories and ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • meXicana Fashions

    Politics, Self-Adornment, and Identity Construction

    Edited by Aída Hurtado, Norma E. Cantú ...
    2020 Second Place, Best Nonfiction Multi Author, International Latino Book AwardsCollecting the perspectives of scholars who reflect on their own relationships to particular garments, analyze the politics of dress, and examine the role of consumerism and entrepreneurialism in the production of creating and selling a style, meXicana Fashions examines and searches for meaning in these visible, ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Entre Guadalupe y Malinche

    Tejanas in Literature and Art

    Edited by Inés Hernández-Ávila, Norma E. Cantú ...
    Mexican and Mexican American women have written about Texas and their lives in the state since colonial times. Edited by fellow Tejanas Inés Hernández-Ávila and Norma Elia Cantú, Entre Guadalupe y Malinche gathers, for the first time, a representative body of work about the lives and experiences of women who identify as Tejanas in both the literary and visual arts.The writings of more than fifty ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • We Are Nature Defending Itself

    An Anthology of Women on Bodies, Borders, and Place

    by Shelley Armitage, Kimberly Blaeser, Norma E. Cantú, Sandra Cisneros, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Anel I. Flores, Christine Granados, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, María Eugenia Guerra, Lisa Lee Herrick, ire'ne lara silva, Diana López, Pat Mora, Gris Muñoz, Michelle Otero, Emmy Pérez, Petra Salazar, Sara L. Spurgeon, Carmen Tafolla, Margo Tamez, Luci Tapahonso, Laura Tohe, Naima Yael Tokunow, Krystal Monique Toney, Leeanna T. Torres, Diane Wilson, Diane Hueter Warner ...
    Series series Wittliff Collections Literary Series
    In the words of series editor Steven L. Davis, We Are Nature Defending Itself: An Anthology of Women on Bodies, Borders, and Place is “a revelation, a multicultural blend of well-known and emerging writers who come together to give nature a voice in our literature and our lives.” Not least of the many benefits to readers are its contributions from prominent Latina writers, presented here as ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Advancing Folkloristics

    by Margaret A. Mills, Kay Turner, Andrea Kitta, Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby, Cory W. Thorne, Solimar Otero, Gregory Hansen, Betty J. Belanus, Phyllis M. May-Machunda, Anthony Guest-Scott, Anika Wilson, Wanda G. Addison, Debra Lattanzi Shutika, Lynne S. McNeill, Trevor J. Blank, Norma Elia Cantú, Guillermo De Los Reyes ...
    An unprecedented number of folklorists are addressing issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality in academic and public spaces in the US, raising the question: How can folklorists contribute to these contemporary political affairs? Since the nature of folkloristics transcends binaries, can it help others develop critical personal narratives?Advancing Folkloristics covers topics such as queer, ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD