Part one: Speaking back, critiquing the dominant discourse. Chapter 1: The political economy of nineteenth century stereotypes of Californianas
Chapter 2: Malinche, Calafia, y Toypurina
Plática I: El cuerpo y el baile
Part two: Remapping a tradition: critical historiographies. Chapter 3: Women of color and the rewriting of Western history
Chapter 4: Gender, race, and culture
Plática II, "Pero no somos princesas ni príncipes" (But we're neither princesses nor princes)
Part three: Writing mestiza and indigenous women into history. Chapter 5: Sexual violence in the politics and policies of conquest
Chapter 6: Engendering the history of Alta California, 1769-1848
Plática III: Birthing Chicana history
Part four: Embodied histories. Chapter 7: "Que se pudieran defender (So you could defend yourselves)"
Chapter 8: Language and other lethal weapons
Chapter 9: Lullabies y canciones de cuna
Chapter 10: "La despedida."