Maternal Epistemologies of Justice: Readings from the Chicana M(other)work Anthology

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

This roundtable will introduce the audience to The Chicana M(other)work Anthology: Porque Sin Madres No Hay Revolución (March 2019) and will offer a reading of selected chapters. This anthology is a collection of research, testimonios, and essays by Chicana and Women of Color Mother-scholars and allies who center mothering as a form of knowledge-production and transformative labor through an intersectional lens: The anthology serves to “write ourselves into existence” by unveiling radical narratives of Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars who survive, thrive, and identify new ways of knowing justice while mothering our children, ourselves, and our communities.

Sub Unit

• General Conference / SUBTHEME 08: Politics of Knowledge

Moderator

• Michelle Téllez, University of Arizona

Presenters

• Christine Vega, Colorado State University

• Judith Pérez-Torres, California State University, Fullerton

• Cecilia Caballero, University of Southern California

• Larissa M. Mercado-Lopez, California State University, Fresno

• Irene Lara, San Diego State University

• Verónica Nelly Vélez, Western Washington University

• Yvette Martinez-Vu, UC Santa Barbara