Writing That Matters

L Heidenreich is a professor of history at Washington State University and the author of “This Land Was Mexican Once”: Histories of Resistance from Northern California and Nepantla2: Transgender Mestiz@ Histories in Times of Global Shift.Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz is a Mexicana/Chicana fronteriza queer educator, translator, writer-activist, and performer. She is a professor of Spanish and Chicanx studies, queer studies, and global Latinx studies at Trinity University. She authored Wild Tongues: Transnational Mexican Popular Culture.

“With humor and informative examples,Writing that Matters provides students a useful tool for creating successful academic writing. An essential tool for beginners, Writing that Matters will soon become an essential companion for students in Chicanx studies classes.”—Norma E. CantÚ, author of Chicana Portraits: Critical Biographies of Twelve Chicana Writers “Grounded in Chicanx/Latinx studies and joterÍa (LGBTQ) studies, Heidenreich and Urquijo-Ruiz’s approach to writing and research is from a non-Eurocentic, non-heternormative, non-hierarchical perspective that encourages students to become fearless researchers and self-assured writers for themselves and their communities. The book is a powerful tool for students!”—Dolores Delgado Bernal, co-editor of Transforming Educational Pathways for Chicana/o Students: A Critical Race Feminista Praxis

• ContentsAcknowledgments: Because Writing Is a Collective ActivityIntroduction: I Crush the Patriarchy with My Scholarship and Writing1. We Name Ourselves: Chican@, Latinx, Afrolatina, Boricua, Jotx, Mariposa, y MÁs2. The Fields of Chicanx and Latinx History3. The Fields of Chicanx and Latinx Literature and Culture4. Interviewing Like the Justice Scholar That I Am: Constructing Interviews, Oral Histories, and PlÁticas5. How I Learned to Love Grammar and Forgive My Ninth-Grade English TeacherAppendicesA. The Art of Citation: Chicago Footnotes/Endnotes and BibliographiesB. Sample Student History PaperC. The Art of Citation: Modern Language Association (MLA) In-Text Citations and Works CitedD. Sample Student Literature / Cultural Studies PaperE. Online Archives and ResourcesNotesIndex