List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Trans Vida in Extraordinary Times
Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr., Magda García, and Ellie D. Hernández
21st Century Student Movements Chapter 1.
Triunfando Con o Sin Papeles: Muxerista Jotx-historias of DACA-mentation and Activism in Las Vegas
Joanna Núñez, Jasmine Rubalcava-Cuara, and Anita Tijerina Revilla
Chapter 2. Somos Jotería: UCLA Chicana/o Latina/o Student activists fighting for Social Justice
Jose Manuel Santillana
Reading Performance & Performativity from Cuba to Los Angeles Chapter 3. Working Trans
Carlos Decena
Chapter 4. Wonder Woman, Pancho Villa, and the Shifting Rio Grande: Transnational Jota/o Identity, Desire, Pleasure, and Death on the El Paso/Juárez Border
Omar Gonzalez
Chapter 5. Vaqueeros: Muy Machos, Wearing the Pants and Living la Vida Loca
Carlos Manuel Chavarria
Chapter 6. Home (bodies): Transitory Belonging at LA’s Oldest Latina/o Drag Bar
Katherine Steelman
Memory & Memoir: Between Sueños y Pesadillas Chapter 7. Pesadilla Convertida en Sueño: El Sueño Nunca Soñado
Bamby Salcedo
Chapter 8. Qué harás si algo me pasa?: An Ofrenda
Nicolas Duron
From the Urban Landscape to Sites of Incarceration Chapter 9. Queering el Barrio: Latina Immigrant Street Vendors in Los Angeles
Lorena Munoz
Chapter 10. The Privatized Deportation Center Complex y La Trans Mujer
Veronica Madrujano
In Our Own Words: An Afterword
Ellie D. Hernández, Eddy Alvarez, Jr, and Magda García
List of Contributors
Notes
Index