Luz María Gordillo 

Biography

Links to Websites and Profiles

Visit my personal lab website (*See disclaimer).

Research and Teaching Interests

• Transnational and immigration studies
• Chicana feminist theory
• History of [transnational] sexualities
• Global feminisms

Selected Publications

Books

Monograph

• Mexican Women and the Other Side of Immigration: Engendering Transnational Ties. University of Texas Press, 2010.
  • 2011 Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists (ALLA) Book Award.

Edited Collection

• Three Decades of Engendering History: Selected Works of Antonia I. Castañeda. Eds. Linda Heidenreich with Antonia Castañeda, and original contributions by Luz María Gordillo. University of North Texas Press, 2014.

Documentary Film

• Antonia: A Chicana Story. Coproduced and codirected by Luz María Gordillo and Juan Javier Pescador, 2013.

Refereed Articles and Book Chapters

• In Press “Contesting Sci-Fi: Culture, Appropriation, and Chicana Feminist Mappings of Terri de la Peña’s ‘Refugio’ the Vampire Vis-á-vis Laurell Hamilton’s Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter Series.” Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. (Forthcoming 2016)
• “Outlawing Transnational Sexualities: Mexican Women, US Immigration Policy, and National Security,” in Hidden Lives and Human Rights: Understanding the Controversies and Tragedies in Undocumented Immigration. Ed. Lois Ann Lorentzen. Vol. 1. Praeger, 2014: 249-273.
• “Engendering Transnational Social Networks: Mexicanas and Community Formation in San Ignacio-Detroit,” Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social. Volume 10, Issue I (Fall), 2010: 28-59.
• “The Bracero, the Wetback, and the Terrorist: Mexican Immigration, Legislation, and National Security,” in A New Kind of Containment: “The War on Terror,” Sexuality, and Race. Eds. Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo and Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi Press, 2009: 149-166.

Refereed Creative Publications

Short Stories

• “La Secretary,” Border-Lines: Journal of the LRC, Latino Research Center. University of Nevada, Reno. Volume III, 2015: 98-102.
• In Press “Curfew,” “La Cucaracha,” and “Mexican Angel,” for Basta! 100 Latinas Write on Violence Against Women. Latino Research Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. (Forthcoming 2015)

Poem

• In Press “Neon Thighs,” submitted for the anthology Queer Latina Voices, Kórima Press. (Forthcoming 2015)

Past Courses

• Amer_St 590
• Amer_St 596 (course flyer)
• CES 151
• CES/Women_St 300
• Women_St 211 (course flyer)
• Women_St 321
• Women_St 332
• Women_St 335
• Women_St 336
• Women_St 338
• Women_St 481

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