Mexicana Roots and Routes Listening to People, Places, and Pasts

"meXicana Roots and Routes is a robust interdisciplinary collection of work that amplifies how Chicanx communities in the U.S. Southwest are deeply rooted in the political, social, cultural, and educational spaces of the region." - Monica De La Torre, author of Feminista Frequencies

" The authors in this volume use their ears&mdash via ethnography, oral history, translation studies, and sound studies&mdash to follow the roots and routes of social movements, community building, and political ideals in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Follow their lead to understand meXicanidad. Listen." - Flannery Burke, author of A Land Apart: The Southwest and the Nation in the Twentieth Century

"meXicana Roots and Routes brings to light lives, events, and voices that deserve our attention. From the recruitment of Latinas for the U.S. Benito Juá rez Squadron in World War II, to the early twentieth-century development of bilingual education in Arizona, to new and insightful analyses of Bracero Program participants and their families, the book details little-known oral histories and archival material to present a rich account of Mexican American lives along the border, with important emphasis on women and the working class. This book is an essential read for scholars of Mexican American studies and of the borderlands." - Erin Murrah-Mandril, author of In the Mean Time: The Temporal Colonization of Mexican America

Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez received her PhD in Spanish cultural studies from Arizona State University. She is an assistant vice provost and associate professor of English at Arizona State University.

Anita Huízar-Hernández received her PhD in literature from the University of California, San Diego. She is associate director of the Hispanic Research Center and an associate professor in the School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University.