Selena Reader

Larissa Mercado-LÓpez is a professor of women’s, gender & sexuality studies at California State University, Fresno. She is the editor of multiple anthologies on Latinx literature, Chicanx children’s literature, and the life and work of Gloria E. AnzaldÚa. Yndalecio Hinojosa is an associate professor of English at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, where he served as the associate dean for the College of Liberal Arts. He is a coeditor of Open Words: Access and English Studies and coeditor of Bordered Writers: Latinx Identities and Literacy Practices at Hispanic-Serving Institutions.

"A dazzling and vibrant book, illustrating the enduring cultural and political necessities of "Selenidad" for Latinx communities and beyond. From a range of startlingly original perspectives, this collection registers how Selena's image as a star, and as a working-class Chicana icon, matters for her fans across generational divides as well as genders and sexualities." - Richard T. Rodríguez, UC Riverside, author of A Kiss Across the Ocean: Transatlantic Intimacies of British Post-Punk and US Latinidad"The Selena Reader is a special and necessary volume whose contents and tone will resonate deeply with multiple generations of Selena fans, national Mexican American communities, and Tejanos who have been touched by the edges of her ripple effect. Mercado-LÓpez and Hinojosa bring together essays that analyze the impact of Selena’s social presence as a Mexican American public icon who straddled cultural borders and did so embodying the grace of living a truly fronteriza life. The editors have crafted a volume that is extremely intimate but also widely useful to students and scholars of Mexican American and Chicana cultural studies." - Rachel González-Martin, University of Texas at Austin, coeditor of Race and Cultural Practice in Popular Culture"Readers interested in a more in-depth, scholarly approach to Selena will likely find much to admire here. Mercado-López and Hinojosa have done an excellent job bringing together a diverse range of intelligent and engaging writers." - (Kirkus Reviews)"Essays, stories and reflections that honor Selena's lasting impact, exploring how her music, image and legacy continue to shape identity and cultura across generations." - (Austin Vida) "A powerful collection for anyone seeking new ways to understand the life, cultural impact, and enduring legacy of Selena Quintanilla." - (Cafe con Pam)

• List of Illustrations Remembering Selena: Letter to Our Readers (Larissa M. Mercado-LÓpez and Yndalecio Isaac Hinojosa) La flor ofrenda (Aideed Medina, translated by Rossy Evelin Lima) Part I. Entre a mi mundo: Expressions and Embodiments of Selena Chapter 1. Sounds of Nepantla: Where Selena Found Her Voice (Francisco CantÚ) Chapter 2. “More Mexican than the Mexicans and More American than the Americans”: The Role of Selenidad in the Construction of Nepantlerx Identities (Sarah De Los Santos Upton and Leandra H. HernÁndez) Chapter 3. Call it fodder. Call it flame. I call it cariÑo. (Joe JimÉnez) Chapter 4. Divas Latinas: Selena and the Fashioning of Queer Latinidad (Ruben Ernesto Zecena) Part II. Fotos y recuerdos: Public Remembrances of Selena Chapter 5. Selena as Iconography in Chicana/o/x Muralism in the United States (Mariana Ruiz-GonzÁlez) Chapter 6. Escucha La Reina: Making Meaning of the Memory of Selena (Amanda Longoria Marquez) Chapter 7. Memorials Then and Now: Re/membering Selena in el Mundo de Corpus Christi, Her Hometown (Susan Garza, Kristina Gutierrez, and Danyela Fonseca) Chapter 8. Selena and Duvina (Norma Elia CantÚ) Part III. Dreaming of You: Selena Stories and Pedagogies Chapter 9. A Selena Story: Teaching and Learning About La Reina de la MÚsica Tejana (Sonya Aleman) Chapter 10. Lowriding with Selena: A Chicano/a Father-Daughter Pedagogy (Nichole Margarita Garcia and Richard J. Garcia) Chapter 11. Selena Epistemology and Survival in Academia (Erin E. Doran and CristÓbal Salinas Jr.) ’Till Tomorrow (Rossy Evelin Lima) Acknowledgments Contributors Index