Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-372).
Introduction: Papelitos Guardados: Theorizing Latinidades Through Testimonio -- I. Genealogies of Empowerment. Certified Organic Intellectual / Aurora Levins Morales. My Father's Hands / Yvette Gisele Flores-Ortiz. Vignettes of a Working-Class Puerto Rican Girl in Brooklyn, New York / Celia Alvarez. Silence Begins at Home / Patricia Zavella. You Speak Spanish Because You Are Jewish? / Rina Benmayor. Getting There Cuando No Hay Camino / Norma E. Cantu. Reflection and Rebirth: The Evolving Life of a Latina Academic / Iris Ofelia Lopez. Mi Primera Amiguita: Carmelita / Gloria Holguin Cuadraz. The House That Mama Biela Built / Daisy Cocco De Filippis. Lightning / Mirtha N. Quintanales. My Name Is This Story / Aurora Levins Morales. Resisting the Alchemy of Erasure: Journey to Labor Ideas / Clara Lomas. Esta Risa No Es de Loca / Caridad Souza. A Escondidas: A Chicana Feminist Teacher Who Writes/A Chicana Feminist Writer Who Teaches / Norma E. Cantu. Canto de Mi Madre/Canto de Mi Padre / Ines Hernandez Avila. Daughter of Bootstrap / Luz Del Alba Acevedo. Beyond Survival: A Politics/Poetics of Puerto Rican Consciousness / Liza Fiol-Matta. I Can Fly: Of Dreams and Other Nonfictions / Eliana Rivero -- II. Alchemies of Erasure. The Christmas Present / Caridad Souza. Snapshots from My Daze in School / Celia Alvarez. Point of Departure / Mirtha N. Quintanales. Another Way to Grow Up Puerto Rican / Liza Fiol-Matta. El Beso / Ruth Behar. The Prize of a New Cadillac / Yvette Gisele Flores-Ortiz. La Tra(d)icion / Latina Anonima. Between Perfection and Invisibility / Latina Anonima. Diary of La Llorona with a Ph.D. / Gloria Holguin Cuadraz. Welcome to the Ivory Tower / Latina Anonima. I Still Don't Know Why / Latina Anonima. Lessons Learned from an Assistant Professor / Gloria Holguin Cuadraz. Don't You Like Being in the University? / Latina Anonima. Temporary Latina / Ruth Behar. Dispelling the Sombras, Grito mi nombre con rayos de luz / Ines Hernandez Avila. Biting Through / Latina Anonima. Sand from Varadero Beach / Ruth Behar. Speaking Among Friends: Whose Empowerment, Whose Resistance? / Luz Del Alba Acevedo -- III. The Body Re/Members. Reading the Body / Norma E. Cantu. Missing Body / Caridad Souza. Malabareando/Juggling / Liza Fiol-Matta. Migraine/Jaqueca / Norma E. Cantu. The Wart / Daisy Cocco De Filippis. Why My Ears Aren't Pierced / Ruth Behar. Night Terrors / Latina Anonima. La Princesa / Latina Anonima. Forced by Circumstance / Norma Alarcon. Let Me Sleep / Latina Anonima. Depression / Mirtha N. Quintanales. Desde el Divan: Testimonios from the Couch / Yvette Gisele Flores-Ortiz. Telling To Live: Devoro la Mentira, Resucitando Mi Ser / Ines Hernandez Avila -- IV. Passion, Desires, and Celebrations. Shameless Desire / Aurora Levins Morales. La Cosa / Ruth Behar. Boleros / Eliana Rivero. A Working-class Bruja's Fears and Desires / Norma E. Cantu. Aun / Yvette Gisele Flores-Ortiz. The Names I Used to Call You/The Names I Do Call You / Eliana Rivero. Platanos and Palms / Rina Benmayor. Three Penny Opera or Eve's Symphony in B Minor / Daisy Cocco De Filippis. Descubrimiento(s) / Celia Alvarez. Entre Nosotras / Latina Anonima. Pisco and Cranberry / Eliana Rivero. De lo que es Amor, de lo que es Vida / Ines Hernandez Avila. Eating Mango / Liza Fiol-Matta. Everyday Grace / Mirtha N. Quintanales. Tenemos que Seguir Luchando / Patricia Zavella