It is a tale of travel and adventure that narrates the story of a young cross-dressing tejana and her romance with a mixed race woman, both of whom are witnesses to the racial complexities of the southwest during this turbulent period.

[8][citation needed] It is an erotic murder mystery set on a university campus that features the sexual adventures of a Chicana lesbian professor, her trans man best friend, and the detective assigned to the case.

The book develops the idea of third space feminism by looking at different discursive events including Yucatán's Socialist Revolution, El Partido Liberal Mexicano, and Texas social clubs.

Pérez's theoretical formation is credited with connecting Chicana and women of color feminist thought to the work of Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, Homi Bhaba and other postcolonial theorists.

[14] Perez’s updated theoretical formation offers new insight and problem-solving ideas from the influence of Michael Foucault, Emmanuel Levinas, Gloria Anzaldua, and other postcolonial theorists.

Alongside Gloria Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga, Chela Sandoval, Deena Gonzalez, and Alicia Gaspar de Alba, she is considered one of the founding theorists of Chicana feminism.