Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: Letter to Gloria Anzaldúa, in Gratitude for Your Tongues of Fire ix
4. Acknowledgments xxiii
5. Introduction: Activist Scholarship and the Historical Vortex of the “Bad Woman” 1
6. 1. The Politics of Location of La Décima Musa: Prelude to an Interview 41
7. Interview with Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 54
8. 2. Malinche’s Revenge 65
9. 3. There’s No Place Like Aztlán: Homeland Myths and Embodied Aesthetics 81
10. 4. Coyolxauhqui and Las “Maqui-Locas”: Re-Membering the Sacrificed Daughters of Ciudad Juárez 131
11. 5. Mapping the Labyrinth: The Anti–Detective Novel and the Mysterious Missing Brother 175
12. 6. Devil in a Rose Bikini: The Inquisition Continues 203
13. 7. The Sor Juana Chronicles 247
14. Epilogue: To Your Shadow-Beast: In Memoriam 291
15. Notes 293
16. Bibliography 327
17. Reprint Permissions 347
18. Index 349