The University of Arizona Press
The University of Arizona Press is proud to be a MALCS 2024 sponsor! We’re offering a special discount on all of our books for MALCS attendees. Use AZMALCS24 on our website or for call-in orders to get 35% off all our books from 6/23/24 to 7/25/24.
In their own words, Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) “is a volunteer professional organization for self-identified Chicana, Latina, Native American / indígena mujeres and gender non-conforming academics, students, and activists.”
For the last 40 years, MALCS has hosted a summer institute bringing together this vital group to engage “feminist intersectionality, social justice, empowerment, and healing.” For their 41st year, MALCS is in Oaxaca, México, and the theme is “De Aquí y de Allá: Reclaiming Our Indigenous Lineages and Serving Future Generations.” The institute will be held June 24-27, 2024.
Below, read about some of our recent and forthcoming titles in Latinx Studies, Indigenous Studies, Gender & Women’s Studies, Border Studies, and more.
Founded in 1997, Mujeres de Maiz (MdM) is an Indigenous Xicana–led spiritual artivist organization and movement by and for women and feminists of color. Chronicling its quarter-century-long herstory, editors Amber Rose González, Felicia ‘Fe’ Montes, and Nadia Zepeda collect diverse stories with attention to their larger sociopolitical contexts. Mujeres de Maiz en Movimiento: Spiritual Artivism, Healing Justice, and Feminist Praxis crosses conventional genre boundaries through the inclusion of poetry, visual art, testimonios, and essays.
Have you ever wanted a writing and research manual that centered Chicanx and Latinx scholarship? Writing that Matters does just that. While it includes a brief history of the roots of the fields of Chicanx literature and history, L Heidenreich and Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz emphasize practice: how to research and write a Chicanx or Latinx history paper; how to research and write a Chicanx or Latinx literature or cultural studies essay; and how to conduct interviews, frame pláticas, and conduct oral histories. It also includes a brief chapter on nomenclature and a grammar guide. Each chapter includes questions for discussion, and all examples from across the subfields are from noted Chicanx and Latinx scholars.
The topic of mothers and mothering transcends all spaces, from popular culture to intellectual thought and critique. In Frontera Madre(hood): Brown Mothers Challenging Oppression and Transborder Violence at the U.S.-Mexico Border, editors Cynthia Bejarano and Maria Cristina Morales collect essays from thirty contributors that bridge both methodological and theoretical frameworks to explore forms of mothering that challenge hegemonic understandings of parenting and traditional notions of Latinx womxnhood. It articulates the collective experiences of Latinx, Black, and Indigenous mothering from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Edited by Norma Elia Cantú, Chicana Portraits: Critical Biographies of Twelve Chicana Writers pairs portraits with critical biographies of twelve key Chicana writers, offering an engaging look at their work, contributions to the field, and major achievements. Arranged chronologically by birth order of the authors, the book can be read cover to cover for a genealogical overview, or scholars and general readers can easily jump in at any point and read about an individual author, regardless of the chronology.
