Building on the legacy of our ancestors and the activist genealogy of MALCS, we reinforced our commitment to continue this work with the release of this issue as well as creating “work that matters.” Chicana scholars, creative writers, and artists in this issue offer a perspective celebrating the resilience of Chicana/Latina identities and experiences. For the first time in the history of Chicana/Latina Studies, the Creative Writing section features graphic text created by two women-of-color artists. We extend our hand to others “con el corazón con razón en la mano,” as we strive to individually and collectively share strategies on peaceful coexistence as well as spreading conocimientos. Order This Issue
Contents
Artist Statement
Patiently at home in the sacred land of contradiction
Santa Barraza
Editor’s Commentary
“Con el corazón con razón en la mano”: Community building, collective resistance, & decolonizing scholarship
Sonya M. Alemán and Lilliana P. Saldaña, with Regina Campos
Essays
Pláticas~Testimonios: Practicing Methodological Borderlands for Solidarity and Resilience in Academia
Judith Flores Carmona, Manal Hamzeh, Cynthia Bejarano, Ma. Eugenia Hernández Sánchez, Yvonne Pilar El Ashmawi
Indigenous Feminist Hip-hop: Invoking The Maíz Diviner to Denounce Agribusiness in Mexico
Norell Martinez
De Malintzin Tenépal a La Malinche y La Colibrí: Nuevos Símbolos de Resistencia Para la Mujer Chicana: “Malintzin Tenépal: A Preliminary Look Into a New Perspective” (1977) de Adelaida R. Del Castillo y La Canción Del Colibrí (1996) de Graciela Limón
Concetta Bondi
“Ratchet of the Earth”: Using Black Feminisms and Chicana Methodologies to Understand Brown Youth Resistance in Schools
Sylvia Mendoza Aviña and Socorro Morales
Hidden Histories: Gendered and Settler Colonial Landscapes in Northern California
Karen Roybal
Creative Writing
Editor’s Commentary: Drawing Ourselves Whole
Patricia Marina Trujillo
Goat Herding and the Limits of Knowledge
Fatima van Hattum
Pintado La Roja
She’ll Pee Like He Does
Pray The Gay Away
Five Ways to Love a Girl
Bullets or Beans
Anel I. Flores
My Body, My Choice
Anel I. Flores
In Review
Testimonios De Herederas: New Approaches to Theorizing the Archive
Myrriah Gómez
The Woven Word: Helena Maria Viramontes’ Tapestry of Knowledge
Cristina Herrera
Latina Teachers Contesting Education Boundaries
Ana K. Soltero López
Leaving Home to (Re)Member
Erika Abad
