Norma Elia Cantú

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Barrio Dreams

Selected Plays

The University of Arizona Press

Silviana Wood’s teatro has elicited tears and laughter from audiences young and old. Barrio Dreams brings together for the first time the plays of Wood, one of Arizona’s foremost playwrights. Wood is acclaimed locally, regionally, and nationally as a playwright, actor, director, and activist.

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Meditación Fronteriza

Poems of Love, Life, and Labor

The University of Arizona Press

Meditación Fronteriza is a beautifully crafted exploration of life in the Texas-Mexico borderlands. Written by award-winning author Norma Elia Cantú, the poems flow from Spanish to English gracefully as they explore culture, traditions, and solidarity.

  • Copyright year: 2019
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Cabañuelas

A Novel

University of New Mexico Press

In Cantú's latest novel Nena must decide where she can best be true to her entire self: in Spain with Paco or in Laredo, her home, where her job and family await her return.

  • Copyright year: 2019
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Canícula

Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera, Updated Edition

University of New Mexico Press

In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the original publication, this updated edition includes newly written pieces as well as never-before-published images--culled from hundreds of the author's family photos--adding further depth and insight into this unique contribution to Chicana literature.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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Teaching Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Pedagogy and Practice for Our Classrooms and Communities

The University of Arizona Press

Teaching Gloria E. Anzaldúa provides pedagogical applications of Anzaldúa’s noted theories, including la facultad, the path of conocimiento, and autohistoria, among others. This text provides examples, lesson plans, and activities for scholars, professors, teachers, and community members in various disciplines—such as history, composition, literature, speech and debate, and more—and for those interested in teaching the theories of Gloria Anzaldúa.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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Chicana Portraits

Critical Biographies of Twelve Chicana Writers

The University of Arizona Press

This innovative collection details critical biographies of twelve key Chicana writers, offering an engaging look at their work, contributions to the field, and major achievements. Portraits of the authors are each examined by a noted scholar, who delves deep into the authors’ lives for details that inform their literary, artistic, feminist, and political trajectories and sensibilities. What results is a brilliant intersection of visual and literary arts that explores themes of sexism and misogyny, the fragility of life, Chicana agency, and more.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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