Alicia Arrizon et al. Chicano/a Discourse (Mester) University of California, Los Angeles, 1994. Mester, Special Double Issue, Volume XXII/XXIII, Fall 1993/Spring 1994, Number 1/2. 252 pages. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.5", shows very light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright.  Contents:"Contemporizing Performance: Mexican California and the Padua Hills Theatre" by Alicia Arrizón; "La representación de la mujer mexicana en los EE.UU. en las "Crónicas Diabólicas" de Jorge Ulica" by Eleuteria Hernández; "Literatara fronteriza tejana: el compromiso con la historia en Américo Paredes, Rolando Hinojosa y Gloria Anzaldua" by Hector Calderón; "Redefining the Epic and Novel through Rulfo's "Pedro Páramo" and Rivera's "Y no se lo tragó la tierra"" by Jose R. López-Morín; "Conciencia y escritura en el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega y Sandra Cisneros" by Bridget Kevane; "Frontera" Crossings: Site of Cultural Contestation" by José Saldívar; "Down These City Streets: Exploring Urban Space in "El Bronx Remembered" and "The House on Mango Street" by Juanita Heredia; "La abuela puso al revés el mundo de Joaquín: representación matrilineal y la nueva mujer chicana" by Fanny Arango-Keeth; "Self-Baptizing the Wicked Esperanza: Chicana Feminism and Cultural Contact in "The House on Mango Street" by Juan Daniel Bosch. Interviews with Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, Cherrie Moraga, Helen Maria Viramontes, and Héctor Calderón. Linguistic articles: "Bilingualismo y préstamo léxico; español chicano vs. español mexicano" by Claudia Parodi; "Vowel Shift in Northern New Mexico Chicano English" by Pilar Hernández; "Consonantal Variations in Chicano English" by Joye Ho.