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Book SynopsisOne of America’s leading interpreters of the Chicana experience dismantles the discourses that “frame” women who rebel against patriarchal strictures as “bad women” and offers empowering models of struggle, resistance, and rebirth.
Trade Review"With a convincing methodology and well-presented material, the book undoubtedly is a valuable contribution that increases the visibility of the variety of feminisms beyond the predominance of Western points of view. It is an innovative book and it is definitely recommended to students of Gender Studies and Cultural Studies." * Critical Reviews on Latin American Research *
Table of ContentsPreface: Letter to Gloria Anzaldúa, in Gratitude for Your Tongues of Fire
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Activist Scholarship and the Historical Vortex of the “Bad Woman”
1. The Politics of Location of La Décima Musa: Prelude to an Interview
Interview with Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
2. Malinche’s Revenge
3. There’s No Place Like Aztlán: Homeland Myths and Embodied Aesthetics
4. Coyolxauhqui and Las "Maqui-Locas”: Re-Membering the Sacrificed Daughters of Ciudad Juárez
5. Mapping the Labyrinth: The Anti–Detective Novel and the Mysterious Missing Brother
6. Devil in a Rose Bikini: The Inquisition Continues
7. The Sor Juana Chronicles
Epilogue: To Your Shadow-Beast: In Memoriam
Notes
Bibliography
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Index
