Norma Elia Cantú
American writer (born 1947)
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Norma Elia Cantú (born January 3, 1947) is a Chicana postmodernist writer and the Murchison Professor in the Humanities at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.[1]
Born
January 3, 1947
Norma Elia Cantú Becerra
January 3, 1947
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
EducationTexas A&M International University
Texas A&M University–Kingsville
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Texas A&M University–Kingsville
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
OccupationsWriter, professor
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Cantú at the 2019 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | Norma Elia Cantú Becerra January 3, 1947 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Education | Texas A&M International University Texas A&M University–Kingsville University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
| Occupations | Writer, professor |
| Website | inside |
Early life and education
She was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to Florentino Cantú Vargas and Virginia Ramon Becerra.[2] She was reared in Laredo in Webb County, Texas, and attended public schools there.[3]
Cantú received her AA degree from Laredo Community College in 1970. [4]She received her Bachelor of Science degree in English and political science from Texas A&I University at Laredo, now Texas A&M International University in Laredo, from which she graduated summa cum laude in 1973.[5] She received her Master of Science degree in English with a minor in political science from Texas A&I University‑Kingsville in 1976[3] and her PhD in English from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1982.[6]
She has been on the faculty of Texas A&M International University, the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In 2016, she was named Murchison Professor in the Humanities at Trinity University.[7][8]
Awards and recognition
- 1996: Aztlan Prize[9]
- 2002: Elli Köngäs Maranda Prize from the Women's Section of the American Folklore Society, for Chicana Traditions: Change and Continuity (co-editor and contributor)[10]
- 2002: American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award, Race in the College Classroom (contributor)
- 2003: Américo Paredes Prize, American Folklore Society[11]
- 2003: Distinguished Scholar Award from the Division on Chicana and Chicano Literature of the Modern Languages Association[6]
- 2008: National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Scholar of the Year[12]
- 2008: Cátedra Laborious from the Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León[10]
- 2010: Exceptional Texas Woman, by the Veteran Feminists of America, Texas, March 19, Dallas, Texas[13]
- 2010: UTSA Globalization Award, April[14]
- 2010: Elvira Cordero de Cisneros Macondo Foundation Award[15]
- 2011: Fellow of the American Folklore Society[16]
- 2012: Beca Nebrija de Creación Literaria, Instituto Franklin, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares; Inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters[17]
- 2013: Yellow Rose of Texas Education Award; HOPE Cultural Arts Award; the Letras de Aztlán from NACCS Tejas Foco
- 2014: Elected to the board of the American Folklore Society
- 2015: Outstanding Latina of Kansas City (Women's History Month), DosMundos Newspaper
- 2016: Escuela Tlatelolco's Champion of Change Award for Art, Literature, & Culture, Denver, Colorado
- 2020: The Rudolfo Anaya Best Latino Fiction Focused Book Award from the International Latino Book Awards
- 2020-21: President of the American Folklore Society.[18]
Publications
Books
- 2020. meXicana Fashions: Politics, Self Adornment and Identity Construction, University of Texas Press
- 2020. Teaching Gloria Anzaldúa: Pedagogies and Practices for our Classrooms and Communities, Co-editor with Aída Hurtado. University of Arizona Press.
- 2019. Cabañuelas: A Love Story.Co-editor with Margaret Cantú Sánchez and Candace De Leon Zepeda University of New Mexico Press.
- 2019. Meditación Fronteriza: Poems of Life, Love and Work, under review, University of Arizona Press
- 2016. Co-editor with Inés Hernández Ávila, Entre Malinche y Guadalupe: Tejanas in Literature and Art. 2016.
- 2016. Entre Malinche y Guadalupe: Tejanas in Literature and Art. Co-edited with Inés Hernández Ávila, University of Texas Press
Co-editor with Rita Urquíjo Ruiz, The Plays of Silviana Wood. University of Arizona Press
- 2015. Translator: Borderlands/La Frontera. Universidad Autónoma de Mexico
- 2015. Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera—Updated 20th Anniversary Edition, University of New Mexico Press
- 2014. Diálogo Special Issue: Poetry, co-edited with Juana Goergen
- 2013. "Los Tecolotes," in ¡Arriba Baseball! A Collection of Latino/a Baseball Fiction. VAO Publishing.
- 2012. Moctezuma’s Table: Rolando Briseño’s Mexicano and Chicano Tablescapes, Texas A&M University Press
- 2011. Paths to Discovery: Autobiographies of Chicanas with Careers in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
- 2010. El Mundo Zurdo: Selected Works from the Meetings of the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa 2007 & 2009, Co-Editor. (Aunt Lute Books)
- 2010. Inside the Latin@ Experience: A Latino Studies Reader, co-edited with Maria Franquiz (Palgrave/Macmillan)
- 2009. Dancing Across Borders: Danzas y Bailes Mexicanos. Co-edited with Olga Nájera-Ramírez and Brenda Romero. University of Illinois Press.
- 2009. Prietas y Güeras: Proceedings of the First Conference on the Life and Work of Gloria Anzaldúa. Co-editor. San Antonio, TX: Adelante Project.
I embroider borders.... Poetry book, limited edition. Southwest School of Arts and Crafts.
- 2006. Editor. Flor y Ciencia: Chicanas in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. AAAS Adelante Project.
- 2001. Co-editor with Olga Najera Ramírez. Changing Chicana Traditions, University of Illinois Press.
- 2001. Telling to Live: Latina Feminist Testimonios. Co-editor with the Latina feminist Group. Individual pieces included: "Getting there cuando no hay camino," "A Working Class Brujas Fears," and two poems: "Migraine" and "Reading the Body." Duke University Press.
- 2000. Santuarios: Program Essay. The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Rockefeller Gateways Program Performance.
- 2000. "Realidad Fronteriza" in Cariatides.
- 2000. "Police Blotter," Colorado Review.
- 1999. Canícula: Imágenes de una niñez fronteriza. Houghton Mifflin Co.
- 1999. "Diamond," A Quien Corresponda, Revista Literaria, Cd. Victoria, Tamps.
- 1998. "Tino" and "Perpetuo Socorro," in Aztlán in Viet Nam, University of California Press.
- 1998. "Capirotada" in Stirring Prose, Texas A&M Press. 1998.
- 1998. "Adios en Madrid," Proyecto Scheherazade, electronic journal.
- 1998. "El luto," in Ventana Abierta.
- 1998. "Decolonizing the Mind" and "Trojan Horse" in Floricanto Sí: U.S. Latina Poetry. New York: Penguin.
- 1997. Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la frontera. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, paperback edition.
- 1997. "Bailando y Cantando," short story, "Las diosas," "Decolonizing the Mind," and "Fiestas de diciembre," poems in Blue Mesa Review, number 9, University of New Mexico.
- 1996. "Letters Home/Letters from Home," sporadic column of poetry and prose in the monthly LareDOS.
- 1995. "Tino" and "Papi," in In Short. Judith Kitchen and Mary Paumier Jones, eds. New York: Norton.
- 1995. Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la frontera. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. Winner, Premio Aztlán Literary Prize.
- 1994. "Nebraska Family: A Triptych," Nebraska Humanist.
- Chapters 42–44 from Canícula and "Action, Thought, Spirit"(poem) in Prairie Schooner.1992 *"Snapshots of a Girlhood en la frontera," in The Texas Humanist.
- "Se me enchina el cuerpo al oir tu cuento", short story. New Chicano/a Literature, University of Arizona Press.
- 1983. "Unemployed", poem, Huehuetitlan.
- 1983. "Untitled", poem, Huehuetitlan.
Book reviews
- 2015 Letters to the Poet from his Brother, in Aztlán
- 2010 There Was a Woman, in Journal of Folklore Research
- 2005 Homegirls in the Public Sphere in National Women's Studies Journal
- 1995 "Fiesta, fe, y cultura," in American Folklore Society Journal.
- 1995 "Carry Me Like Water" in The Washington Post, Book World.
- 1995 "My History Not Yours: The Formation of Mexican American Autobiography," in Western Historical Quarterly.
- 1993 "No Short Journeys: The Interplay of Culture in the History and Literature of the Borderlands," in Western Historical Quarterly.
- 1992 "Footlights Across the Border: A History of Spanish Language Professional Theater on the Texas Stage," Journal of Popular Culture.
- 1991 "Mixed Blessings," in Texas Humanist, Spring.
- 1984 "Woman of Her Word," in La Red/The Net.
- 1984 "Cuentos: Stories by Latinas," in La Red/The Net.
- 1979 "Chicano Voices," in English in Texas.
- 1978 "Selina," in Prairie Schooner.
- 1978 "César Chávez: Autobiography of La Causa," in Prairie Schooner.
