Norma Elia Cantú

Norma Elia Cantú
Cantú at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Born
Norma Elia Cantú Becerra

(1947-01-03) January 3, 1947
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
OccupationWriter, professor
Alma materTexas A&M International University
Texas A&M University–Kingsville
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Website
inside.trinity.edu/directory/ncantu

Norma Elia Cantú (born January 3, 1947) is a Chicana postmodernist writer and the Murchison Professor in the Humanities at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.[1]

Early life and education

She was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to Florentino Cantú Vargas and Virginia Ramon Becerra.[2] She was reared in Laredo in Webb County, Texas, and attended public schools there.[3]

Cantú received her AA degree from Laredo Community College in 1970. [4]She received her Bachelor of Science degree in English and political science from Texas A&I University at Laredo, now Texas A&M International University in Laredo, from which she graduated summa cum laude in 1973.[5] She received her Master of Science degree in English with a minor in political science from Texas A&I University‑Kingsville in 1976[3] and her PhD in English from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1982.[6]

She has been on the faculty of Texas A&M International University, the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In 2016, she was named Murchison Professor in the Humanities at Trinity University.[7][8]

Awards and recognition

Publications

Books

  • 2020. meXicana Fashions: Politics, Self Adornment and Identity Construction, University of Texas Press
  • 2020. Teaching Gloria Anzaldúa: Pedagogies and Practices for our Classrooms and Communities, Co-editor with Aída Hurtado. University of Arizona Press.
  • 2019. Cabañuelas: A Love Story.Co-editor with Margaret Cantú Sánchez and Candace De Leon Zepeda University of New Mexico Press.
  • 2019. Meditación Fronteriza: Poems of Life, Love and Work, under review, University of Arizona Press
  • 2016. Co-editor with Inés Hernández Ávila, Entre Malinche y Guadalupe: Tejanas in Literature and Art. 2016.
  • 2016. Entre Malinche y Guadalupe: Tejanas in Literature and Art. Co-edited with Inés Hernández Ávila, University of Texas Press

Co-editor with Rita Urquíjo Ruiz, The Plays of Silviana Wood. University of Arizona Press

  • 2015. Translator: Borderlands/La Frontera. Universidad Autónoma de Mexico
  • 2015. Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera—Updated 20th Anniversary Edition, University of New Mexico Press
  • 2014. Diálogo Special Issue: Poetry, co-edited with Juana Goergen
  • 2013. "Los Tecolotes," in ¡Arriba Baseball! A Collection of Latino/a Baseball Fiction. VAO Publishing.
  • 2012. Moctezuma’s Table: Rolando Briseño’s Mexicano and Chicano Tablescapes, Texas A&M University Press
  • 2011. Paths to Discovery: Autobiographies of Chicanas with Careers in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
  • 2010. El Mundo Zurdo: Selected Works from the Meetings of the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa 2007 & 2009, Co-Editor. (Aunt Lute Books)
  • 2010. Inside the Latin@ Experience: A Latino Studies Reader, co-edited with Maria Franquiz (Palgrave/Macmillan)
  • 2009. Dancing Across Borders: Danzas y Bailes Mexicanos. Co-edited with Olga Nájera-Ramírez and Brenda Romero. University of Illinois Press.
  • 2009. Prietas y Güeras: Proceedings of the First Conference on the Life and Work of Gloria Anzaldúa. Co-editor. San Antonio, TX: Adelante Project.

I embroider borders.... Poetry book, limited edition. Southwest School of Arts and Crafts.

  • 2006. Editor. Flor y Ciencia: Chicanas in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. AAAS Adelante Project.
  • 2001. Co-editor with Olga Najera Ramírez. Changing Chicana Traditions, University of Illinois Press.
  • 2001. Telling to Live: Latina Feminist Testimonios. Co-editor with the Latina feminist Group. Individual pieces included: "Getting there cuando no hay camino," "A Working Class Brujas Fears," and two poems: "Migraine" and "Reading the Body." Duke University Press.
  • 2000. Santuarios: Program Essay. The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Rockefeller Gateways Program Performance.
  • 2000. "Realidad Fronteriza" in Cariatides.
  • 2000. "Police Blotter," Colorado Review.
  • 1999. Canícula: Imágenes de una niñez fronteriza. Houghton Mifflin Co.
  • 1999. "Diamond," A Quien Corresponda, Revista Literaria, Cd. Victoria, Tamps.
  • 1998. "Tino" and "Perpetuo Socorro," in Aztlán in Viet Nam, University of California Press.
  • 1998. "Capirotada" in Stirring Prose, Texas A&M Press. 1998.
  • 1998. "Adios en Madrid," Proyecto Scheherazade, electronic journal.
  • 1998. "El luto," in Ventana Abierta.
  • 1998. "Decolonizing the Mind" and "Trojan Horse" in Floricanto Sí: U.S. Latina Poetry. New York: Penguin.
  • 1997. Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la frontera. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, paperback edition.
  • 1997. "Bailando y Cantando," short story, "Las diosas," "Decolonizing the Mind," and "Fiestas de diciembre," poems in Blue Mesa Review, number 9, University of New Mexico.
  • 1996. "Letters Home/Letters from Home," sporadic column of poetry and prose in the monthly LareDOS.
  • 1995. "Tino" and "Papi," in In Short. Judith Kitchen and Mary Paumier Jones, eds. New York: Norton.
  • 1995. Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la frontera. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. Winner, Premio Aztlán Literary Prize.
  • 1994. "Nebraska Family: A Triptych," Nebraska Humanist.
  • Chapters 42–44 from Canícula and "Action, Thought, Spirit"(poem) in Prairie Schooner.1992 *"Snapshots of a Girlhood en la frontera," in The Texas Humanist.
  • "Se me enchina el cuerpo al oir tu cuento", short story. New Chicano/a Literature, University of Arizona Press.
  • 1983. "Unemployed", poem, Huehuetitlan.
  • 1983. "Untitled", poem, Huehuetitlan.

Book reviews

  • 2015 Letters to the Poet from his Brother, in Aztlán
  • 2010 There Was a Woman, in Journal of Folklore Research
  • 2005 Homegirls in the Public Sphere in National Women's Studies Journal
  • 1995 "Fiesta, fe, y cultura," in American Folklore Society Journal.
  • 1995 "Carry Me Like Water" in The Washington Post, Book World.
  • 1995 "My History Not Yours: The Formation of Mexican American Autobiography," in Western Historical Quarterly.
  • 1993 "No Short Journeys: The Interplay of Culture in the History and Literature of the Borderlands," in Western Historical Quarterly.
  • 1992 "Footlights Across the Border: A History of Spanish Language Professional Theater on the Texas Stage," Journal of Popular Culture.
  • 1991 "Mixed Blessings," in Texas Humanist, Spring.
  • 1984 "Woman of Her Word," in La Red/The Net.
  • 1984 "Cuentos: Stories by Latinas," in La Red/The Net.
  • 1979 "Chicano Voices," in English in Texas.
  • 1978 "Selina," in Prairie Schooner.
  • 1978 "César Chávez: Autobiography of La Causa," in Prairie Schooner.

References

  1. ^ "From La Frontera to La Universidad". UCSB. October 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Chicana Literature & 20th Century · Women's History Month · UTRGV Digital Exhibits". omeka.utrgv.edu. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  3. ^ a b "SMITHSONIAN TRAVELING EXHIBIT:"PORTRAITS OF ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT" DR. NORMA E. CANTÚ '73". www.tamiu.edu. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  4. ^ veteranfeminists. "Interview with Norma Elia Cantu". Veteran Feminists of America. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  5. ^ "Norma Elia Cantú Speech". www.tamiu.edu. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  6. ^ a b Estrada, Andrea (October 28, 2017). "From La Frontera to La Universidad". The Current. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  7. ^ "Trinity University names prominent Latina scholar to professorship | Trinity University". new.trinity.edu. May 3, 2016. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  8. ^ Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs (2017). Word Images: New Perspectives on Canícula and Other Works by Norma Elia Cantú. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 9780816534098.
  9. ^ "Interview with Norma Elia Cantú". LATINO BOOK REVIEW. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  10. ^ a b "Norma Elia Cantu, Ph.D. | Trinity University". trinity.edu. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  11. ^ "Américo Paredes Prize". The American Folklore Society. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  12. ^ "Norma Elia Cantú". LATINO BOOK REVIEW. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  13. ^ "Famed Author, Alum Norma E. Cantú Guest Speaker for TAMIU's Faculty-Authored Books Reception". www.tamiu.edu. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  14. ^ "Advancing Globalization". www.utsa.edu. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  15. ^ "Hablemos Escritoras · Ficha de Libro: Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera". Hablemos Escritoras (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  16. ^ Society, American Folklore (May 12, 2021). "Case Study: Why I'm a Folklorist". The American Folklore Society. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  17. ^ "Hablemos Escritoras · Perfil de Escritora: Norma Elía Cantú". Hablemos Escritoras (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  18. ^ "Past AFS Presidents". The American Folklore Society. Retrieved May 21, 2022.

Further reading

  • Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists featuring Norma Elia Cantú. Edited by Nan Cuba and Riley Robinson (Trinity University Press, 2008).
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