Chicana/Latina Studies:
the journal of MALCS

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Karen Mary Davalos & Tiffany Ann López

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Volume 4. Fall 2004
Table of Contents

Editors' Commentary: Translating the Backslash by Karen Mary Davalos
and Alicia Partnoy (download pdf)

Articles

22 Body Counts on the Mexico-U.S. Border: Feminicidio, Reification,and the Theft of Mexicana Subjectivity by Alicia Schmidt Camacho

62 Alicia Sotero Vásquez: Police Brutality against an Undocumented Mexican Woman by Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz

Poetry

112 Calles by Evangelina Arce

116 Páramo by Arminé Arjona

118 Elegía by Arminé Arjona

119 Rotos Ángeles by Arminé Arjona

120 God is Moving by Luzma Umpierre

122 The Cat’s Meow by Luzma Umpierre

124 Misfortunes by Luzma Umpierre

126 Estamos Homeless by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs

Creative Writing

132 Hijas de Juárez by Claudia Rodríguez

136 Colita de Rana by Alicia Gaspar de Alba

138 Pay Day by Alicia Gaspar de Alba

Review

148 Review of Señorita Extraviada by Juana Suárez

Commentary

88 Esa larga cicatriz by Elena Poniatowska

96 Chicanas/Latinas y las nuevas garras del imperialismo by Antonia I. Castañeda

Occasional Section

154 Tongues of Fire: A Tribute to Gloria E. Anzaldúa by Maylei Blackwell

Volume 3:1-2, Spring 2001
Table of Contents (double issue)

Section I: Analyses

1. In Our Own Image?!: A Rhetorical Criticism of Latina Magazine
Bernadette M. Calafell

2. Recreating the Macho: Erlinda Gonzalez-Berry’s Paletitas de Guayaba 
Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez

3. "Salpicando La Salsa" and Spicing up the Text: Power and Consumption in Latina Food Culture   Ellen M. Gil-Gomez

4. Hard Choices: Losing Everything in Helen Benedict’s Bad Angel
Ibis Gomez-Vega

5. And Gladly did they Teach: Nuevomexicanas in Rural Education
Erlinda Gonzales-Berry

6. Rebozos, Our Cultural Blankets
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs

7. Latinas and Criminal Sentencing: An Exploratory Analysis
Melissa R. Martínez & Ed A. Muñoz

8. Chicanas in Higher Education: The Role of Family, Socialization Practices, and Mentors
Elsa O. Valdez

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Section II: Poetry

1. Poems by Elisa A. Garza
     How to Survive a Drought?
     Gifts

2. Poems by Nydia Rojas
     Rice
     A Definition
     Cracking Ice
     The Visit
     Routine

3. Poem by Patricia Ruíz Bayón (Translated by Frances Aparicio)
     Texto Fronterizo/Border Text

4. Poems by Johanny Vázquez

     Con Fe/With Faith
     Dedicado a Soledad/Dedicated to Solitude
     Veinticuatro Horas/Twenty-four Hours
     Liviana/Light Heart
     Razones de Peso/Reasons of Worth

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Section III: Short Stories

1. Other People’s Memories   
     Ibis Gómez-Vega

2. Telling Ribbons
     Ibis Gómez-Vega

3. January in the North
    Nydia Rojas

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