Acts of remembering offer a path to decolonization for Indigenous peoples forcibly dislocated from their culture, knowledge, and land. Susy J. Zepeda highlights the often overlooked yet intertwined legacies of Chicana feminisms and queer decolonial theory through the work of select queer Indígena cultural producers and thinkers. By tracing the ancestries and silences of gender-nonconforming people of color, she addresses colonial forms of epistemic violence and methods of transformation, in particular spirit research. Zepeda also uses archival materials, raised ceremonial altars, and analysis of decolonial artwork in conjunction with oral histories to explore the matriarchal roots of Chicana/x and Latina/x feminisms. As she shows, these feminisms are forms of knowledge that people can remember through Indigenous-centered visual narratives, cultural wisdom, and spirit practices.

A fascinating exploration of hidden Indígena histories and silences, Queering Mesoamerican Diasporas blends scholarship with spirit practices to reimagine the root work, dis/connection to land, and the political decolonization of Xicana/x peoples.

| Cover Title Copyright Contents Foreword / AnaLouise Keating Acknowledgments A Note to the Reader Introduction: Tracing Queer Mesoamerican Diasporas 1. Decolonizing 1848: Unraveling Conflicting Colonial Histories of Land and Race to Trace Queer Ancestry 2. Enseñanzas con la Maestra Gloria, in Ceremony with Anzaldúa: Altars, Archives, and Aligning with the Cosmic Borderlands 3. Queer Indígena Art: Visual Prayers for Remembering Grandmother Earth through Oral and Visual Storytelling 4. Tracing Latina Lesbiana Historias of Resistance, Solidarity, and Visibility: Genealogical Archives of a Generation of Gatherers and Guardians of Knowledge Epilogue: Coda of Enseñanzas Notes Bibliography Index Back cover |Susy J. Zepeda is an assistant professor of Chicana/o studies at the University of California, Davis.