Synopses & Reviews
Three Decades of Engendering History collects ten of Antonia I. Castaand#241;edaand#8217;s best articles, including the widely circulated article and#147;Engendering the History of Alta California, 1769and#150;1848,and#8221; in which Castaand#241;eda took a direct and honest look at sex and gender relations in colonial California, exposing stories of violence against women as well as stories of survival and resistance. Other articles included are the prize-winning and#147;Women of Color and the Rewriting of Western History,and#8221; and two recent articles, and#147;Lullabies y Canciones de Cunaand#8221; and and#147;La Despedida.and#8221; The latter two represent Castaand#241;edaand#8217;s most recent work excavating, mapping, and bringing forth the long and strong post-WWII history of Tejanas. Finally, the volume includes three interviews with Antonia Castaand#241;eda that contribute the important narrative of her lived experienceand#151;the and#147;theory in the fleshand#8221; and politics of necessity that fueled her commitment to transformative scholarship that highlights gender and Chicanas as a legitimate line of inquiry.
Synopsis
Three Decades of Engendering Historyand#160;collects ten of Antonia I. Castaand#241;eda's best articles, including the widely circulated article "Engendering the History of Alta California, 1769and#150;1848," in which Castaand#241;eda took a direct and honest look at sex and gender relations in colonial California, exposing stories of violence against women as well as stories of survival and resistance.
About the Author
LINDA HEIDENREICH is associate professor of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies at Washington State University, Pullman, and the author of and#147;This Land Was Mexican Onceand#8221;: Histories of Resistance from Northern California.