{"product_id":"somos-tejanas-chicana-identity-and-culture-in-texas-paperback-softback-9781477330616","title":"Somos Tejanas!; Chicana Identity and Culture in Texas (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477330616","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSomos Tejanas!\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChicana Identity and Culture in Texas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJody A. Marín (Edited by), Norma E. Cantú (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477330616\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 24 b\u0026amp;w photos, 8-page color insert\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.767 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e¡Somos Tejanas!\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Jody MarÍn and Norma CantÚ, constructs a complex characterization of the Tejana. The works in this collection offer some common denominators, including Spanish language, immigration or migration, home and homeland, religion, freedom, family, food, song and dance, and other cultural components. The conclusion here is that there is no one way or right way to be Tejana, but together these ways comprise a beautiful composite.\u003c\/div\u003e - Myrriah Gómez, University of New Mexico, author of Nuclear Nuevo México: Colonialism and the Effects of the Nuclear Industrial Complex on Nuevomexicanos \u003cdiv\u003e“¿QuiÉnes somos?” To answer this question, MarÍn and CantÚ have curated a multidisciplinary, multi-genre, and multisensory collection of contemporary writings that trace the historical, political, and spiritual contours of a Tejana\/e ethos. As a Texas transplant living in California, reading these essays felt like slipping on my favorite pair of weathered cowboy boots, evoking both the comfort of home and family and the discomfort of our colonial history. \u003ci\u003e¡Somos Tejanas!\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to the emerging field of Tejane Studies and to the bookshelf of Tejana transplants who need a slice of home.\u003c\/div\u003e - Larissa M. Mercado-López, California State University, coeditor of (Re)Mapping the Latina\/o Literary Landscape: New Works and New Directions \u003cdiv\u003eThis book is more than an anthology – it is a manifesto of resilience and cultural preservation. By weaving together essays, testimonios, poetry, and art, the collection asserts the vitality and presence of Tejana identity in the face of systemic erasure. It is an essential text for understanding the complexities of borderland existence, offering a rich tapestry of narratives that challenge dominant histories and celebrate the power of storytelling. Through its genre-spanning approach, ¡Somos Tejanas! stands as a testament to the strength of a community that refuses to be silenced.\u003c\/div\u003e (Southern Review of Books)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn expansive volume on Tejana identity and Tejanidad told through personal narratives, poetry, and essays.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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, possibility, activism, and cultural-linguistic hybridity arising within the US-Mexico borderland that is home. And being Tejanx means something in particular if you are a woman. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003e¡Somos Tejanas!,\u003c\/i\u003e editors Norma E. CantÚ and Jody A. MarÍn assemble contemporary Tejanx writers who provide firsthand accounts of their experience of identity, enriching the field of Tejanx studies through an encounter with gender and sexuality. The contributions, including personal and scholarly essays, poems, criticism, and artworks, explore the heterogeneity of Tejana identity and the sociopolitical movements, stories, dances, music, and athletic feats that mark Tejanidad. Authors contemplate the history and memory of segregation in Texas, the struggles of surviving the unnatural disaster and blackouts of 2021 amid the global pandemic of COVID-19, and the drug-war violence and ever-tightening immigration restrictions that strangle a transborder way of life shared by millions. An unrepentant act of expression from women under attack by state policymakers, this collection dispels the silence imposed by colonial erasure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction. Documenting Tejanas: Tejana Cultural Identity within the Tejanx Ethos (Jody A. MarÍ\u003cbr\u003en and Norma E. CantÚ\u003cbr\u003e) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part I. ¿\u003cbr\u003eQuiÉ\u003cbr\u003enes somos? Searching for and Finding Who We Are \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Madre Land: An Abridged Guide for Blooming in the Borderlands by Seven Generations of Tejana Mothers \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e Mijas (Bonnie Ilza Cisneros) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Becoming Tejana: A Familial and Academic Genealogy of My Tejanidad (Margaret E. CantÚ\u003cbr\u003e-SÁ\u003cbr\u003enchez) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e From Luby'\u003cbr\u003es to Graceland (Elizabeth N. Flores) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fear, Voice, and Gritos: The Complexity of Embracing My Identity as a Tejana (Sonya Barrera Eddy) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Un puente (Crystal Silva-McCormick) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rite of Passage (Elizabeth N. Flores) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tejanas unidas en identidad, sacrificio, y celebraciÓ\u003cbr\u003en (Tejanas United in Identity, Sacrifice, and Celebration) (Kiri Avelar and Elisa De La Rosa) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Embracing Our Tejanidad: Becoming Comadres Chingonas during COVID-19 (Mayra Olivares-Urueta and Ana MartÍ\u003cbr\u003enez) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e You Bring Out the Tejana in Me (Norma E. CantÚ\u003cbr\u003e) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Somos Tejanas (Celeste GuzmÁ\u003cbr\u003en Mendoza) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II. Music, Dancing, and Cultural Movidas \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tejano Music: Two Cultures, Two Genders (Miriam Romero) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tejanidad y Conjunto: Remembrance, Performance, and Expression of Tejanidad through Conjunto Music (Jody A. MarÍ\u003cbr\u003en) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dynamics of Movement: Tejana Representation and Inclusion in the Dance Community (Sophia Salgado) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \"(No) soy Tejana\": An Interview with Cynthia PÉ\u003cbr\u003erez, with an Essay on Tejana Storytelling (Romana Radlwimmer) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e LoterÍ\u003cbr\u003ea as an Expression of Tejanidad (Gabriela C. Zapata) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The SandÍ\u003cbr\u003ea (Patricia Zamora) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Miel de mesquite (Norma E. CantÚ\u003cbr\u003e) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part III. Resilience \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notas on Teaching Tejana Studies in the Twenty-First-Century Classroom (Lilia Raquel Rosas) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Unsilencing the Past and Re-membering: The Spirit Work of Movement-Era Tejanas (Brenda Sendejo) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tejanas Remembering Segregation: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Memory (Jennifer R. NÁ\u003cbr\u003ejera) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Los cÍ\u003cbr\u003erculos sociales: Tejanas in Higher Education 1925–\u003cbr\u003e1940s (Alberto Rodriguez and Jeffrey Glick) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Legacy of Tejana Athleticism: Community, Civil Rights, and Belonging since 1930 (Paulina A. Serrano) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Midwest Tejanas: Navigating entre Mundos Juntas (Amanda Flores, Dianey Leal, AngÉ\u003cbr\u003elica Ruvalcaba, and Erika Vallejo) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Radical Self-Love: A Theory of Being (Venetia June Pedraza) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e SNOVID, the Storm within the Storm (Domino Renee Perez) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Blackout: White Walkers in Winterfell, c. 2021 (Liliana Valenzuela) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Spanglish Sonnet (Dr. Lichita) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part IV: (Im)migration \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Vernix Caseosa (Dr. Lichita) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tejas Is My AztlÁ\u003cbr\u003en: On Migrating from South to North and Affirming My Tejanidad (Brenci PatiÑ\u003cbr\u003eo) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Crossing the Border to Better Times (MarÍ\u003cbr\u003ea-Luisa Ornelas-June) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Changing Cultural Rhythms (Mary Helen PÉ\u003cbr\u003erez) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Los Alacranes: Una Familia'\u003cbr\u003es Migration Story (Susana Nevarez-Marquez) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Zapatos (Adriana DomÍ\u003cbr\u003enguez) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Desert Women (Alma M. GarcÍ\u003cbr\u003ea) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part V. Artwork \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Urban Ecology (Reconquista) (Ashley Mireles) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Emma Tenayuca (Ashley Mireles) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Texans vs. Tejanos (Wendi Valladares) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chicano Kitchen (Wendi Valladares) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Culebra Azul (Celeste De Luna) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Healing Borderland Hand (Celeste De Luna) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Soy Tejana (Mayra Zamora) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Siempre Selena (Mayra Zamora) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Frances con el Arbol de la Vida (Santa Barraza) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Contributors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591020704024,"sku":"9781477330616","price":28.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/somos-tejanas-chicana-identity-and-culture-in-texas-paperback-softback-9781477330616","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}