Three Decades of Engendering History

Three Decades of Engendering History collects ten of Antonia I. Castaedas best articles, including the widely circulated article Engendering the History of Alta California, 17691848, in which Castaeda 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 Women of Color and the Rewriting of Western History, and two recent articles, Lullabies y Canciones de Cuna and La Despedida. The latter two represent Castaedas 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 Castaeda that contribute the important narrative of her lived experiencethe theory in the flesh and politics of necessity that fueled her commitment to transformative scholarship that highlights gender and Chicanas as a legitimate line of inquiry.