Early life and education
She was born inAwards and recognition
* 1996: Aztlan Prize * 2002: Elli Köngäs Maranda Prize from the Women's Section of the American Folklore Society, for ''Chicana Traditions: Change and Continuity'' (co-editor and contributor) * 2002: American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award, ''Race in the College Classroom'' (contributor) * 2003: Américo Paredes Prize, American Folklore Society * 2003: Distinguished Scholar Award from the Division on Chicana and Chicano Literature of the Modern Languages Association * 2008: National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Scholar of the Year * 2008: Cátedra Laborious from thePublications
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 Pros''e, 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 ''References
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).External links
*https://www.latinobookreview.com/interview-with-norma-elia-cantuacute--latino-book-review.html *https://unmpress.com/books/cabanuelas/9780826360618 *https://uapress.arizona.edu/2019/09/five-questions-with-norma-elia-cantu *https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/norma-elia-cantu-preserving-culture-creative-writing {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantu, Norma Elia 1947 births Living people Mexican emigrants to the United States University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni Texas A&M International University alumni Texas A&M University–Kingsville alumni Texas A&M International University faculty 20th-century American novelists American academics of Mexican descent American writers of Mexican descent Postmodern writers University of Texas at San Antonio faculty People from Laredo, Texas People from Nuevo Laredo Hispanic and Latino American novelists 21st-century American novelists American women poets American women novelists American folklorists Women folklorists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers 20th-century American poets 21st-century American poets University of Missouri–Kansas City faculty Novelists from Texas Novelists from Missouri American women academics Presidents of the American Folklore Society