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Chicana/Latina Studies volume 22 number 1 (Fall 2022)
Author: Avis Charley Title: Matriarchal Strength and Indigenous Identity Through Art Abstract: ARTIST STATEMENT Pages: 10 - 13 click to view article
Authors: Judith Flores Carmona, Manal Hamzeh and Georgina Badoni Title: Centering Native Women’s Art and Our Transborderly Feminista Editorial Praxis Abstract: EDITORS’ COMMENTARY Pages: 16 - 22 click to view article
Authors: Caridad Souza and Karina L Cespedes Title: Dispatches from an Afro-Latinx Decolonial Feminism Abstract: As women of color feminists connected to Lucumi traditions this article traverses multiple intellectual, geographical and spiritual terrains as part of a journey which recognizes our engagement with, and connection to Black and Chicana feminisms. Here, we expand the seats at the proverbial women of color kitchen table to make room for an AfroLatinx decolonial feminism that sits adjacent to, but independent from both Chicana and Black feminism. Exploring these disparate locations provides a blueprint for our reckoning with the afterlife of colonization and slavery through a diasporic decolonial consciousness and resistance. Working with testimonio as a method and methodology we build a lingua franca through which to communicate the particularities of our consciousness and resistance to coloniality. We map an AfroLatinx feminist standpoint as ni de aquí, ni de allá, and as constituting an “ontology of knowing” that both materially and discursively mark the various worlds. Pages: 26 - 65 click to view article
Author: Ramon Pineda, Jr. Title: Dissonant Deejays of Cumbia Sonidero: Cultivating Queer Vibes and Mujerista Mentorship Abstract: Informed by a soniderx methodology, I conducted participant observation and pláticas with ten womxn or queer deejays to theorize their soniderx practices. I built upon Deborah Vargas’s use of “dissonance,” an interruption or disruption to “heteronormative and cultural nationalist limits of Borderlands subjectivities and cultural histories” to characterize the work of these soniderxs. Dissonance— rather than the oft-used analytic of “resistance”—allows me to break from a dialectical opposition to oppressive systems of empire (heteronormativity, patriarchy, capitalism, etc.) and ‘aquí/allá subjectivities.’ Additionally, I employ José Esteban Muñoz’s concept of queer utopia to ground the term “vibe” as an analytic to describe the sonic futurity these deejays cultivate during their performances. Fueled by feminista empowerment and convivencia, vibe is produced by queer women of color and gender non-conforming deejays commanding turntables, creating ecstatic moments that constitute a potentiality and a horizon of possibility (Muñoz 2009). Grounded in the Afro-diasporic genres cumbia and reggaetón, the vibe generated by soniderxs signals possibility and futurity to envision a world that centers and connects non-normative identities and cultures. Pages: 66 - 95 click to view article
Author: Nancy Quiñones Title: Entremetidas: Women, Humor, Cine and Gendered Mexican Identities Abstract: This paper demonstrates how the compelling humor of María Victoria Cervantes, the cantankerous criada bien criada, Ángelines Fernández Abad, the celebrated bruja del 71 and María Elena Velasco Fragoso, Mexico’s favorite “India María” made explicit aesthetic selections to create nuanced and alternative Mexican female identities. Cervantes, Fernández Abad, and Velasco Fragoso strategically navigate the pleasurable, oppositional, and transformational in and through the unexpected nuances of performance and humor. Even as humor appears to be intransitive and inconsequential, Cervantes, Fernández Abad, and Velasco Fragoso comedically perform and showcase the unspoken and deliver an indictment on hegemonic and oppressive patriarchy. These comedic actors negotiate the boundaries of gender, cultural privilege, and power hierarchies within the context of early to mid-twentieth century Mexican humor. Pages: 96 - 119 click to view article
Author: Grisel Y Acosta Title: Get Ready to Laugh, Cry, and Innovate: Latina Theater Works Abstract: EDITOR’S COMMENTARY Pages: 122 - 123 click to view article
Author: Adriana Domínguez Title: Jarabe Abstract: none available Pages: 124 - 132 click to view article
Author: Michelle Elizabeth Navarrete Title: Rituals Abstract: none available Pages: 134 - 134 click to view article
Author: Teresa Veramendi Title: Sanctuario \| Sanctuary Abstract: none available Pages: 136 - 152 click to view article
Author: Jenny Lídice Saldaña Title: My Name Is (Jenny and Patrick) Title: Bride of Frankenboobie: PINK: The Chronicles of BC Jenny Title: The Doña Effect (an excerpt): A Desperate Digital Dating Diary: A Titi Talk Abstract: none available Pages: 154 - 161 click to view article
Author: Jennifer Moran Title: Decolonial Healing Through Chicana Feminist Works Abstract: BOOK REVIEW: Ellis, Amanda. 2021. Letras y Limpias: Neocolonial Medicine and Holistic Healing in Mexican American Literature. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press. Pages: 164 - 166 click to view article
Author: Rebecca Mendoza Nunziato Title: Gifts of Song Title: Ceremony Title: and Spiritual Healing Abstract: BOOK REVIEW of: Medina, Lara, and Martha R. Gonzales, eds. 2019. Voices from the Ancestors: Xicanx and Latinx Spiritual Expressions and Healing Practices. Tuscon: The University of Arizona Press. Pages: 168 - 173 click to view article

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