E-Book, Englisch, 398 Seiten
Reihe: Latin America Otherwise
Latina Feminist Group / Morales / Zavella Telling to Live
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8328-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Latina Feminist Testimonios
E-Book, Englisch, 398 Seiten
Reihe: Latin America Otherwise
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8328-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
An anthology of testimonials from Latina/Chicana feminists - some of whom are well known - which give insight into their personal life experiences and break barriers and assumptions.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
About the Series ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Papelitos Guardados: Theorizing Latinidades Through Testimonio 1
I. Geneaologies of Empowerment 25
Certified Organic Intellectual / Aurora Levins Morales 27
My Father’s Hands / Yvette Gisele Flores-Oritz 33
Vignettes of a Working-Class Puerto Rican Girl in Brooklyn, New York / Celia Alvarez 39
Silence Begins at Home / Patricia Zavella 43
You Speak Spanish Because You Are Jewish? / Rina Benmayor 55
Getting There Cuando No Hay Camino / Norma E. Cantú 60
Reflection and Rebirth: The Evolving Life of a Latina Academic / Iris Ofelia López 69
Mi Primera Amiguita: Carmelita / Gloria Holguín Cuádraz 86
The House That Mamá Biela Built / Daisy Cocco de Filippis 90
Lightning / Mirtha N. Quintanales 96
My Name Is This Story / Aurora Levins Morales 100
Resisting the Alcemy of Erasure: Journey to Labor Ideas / Clara Lomas 104
Esta Risa No Es de Loca / Caridad Souza 114
A Esconditas: A Chicana Feminist Teacher Who Writes/A Chicana Feminist Writer Who Teaches / Norma E. Cantú 123
Canto de Mi Madre/Canto de Mi Padre / Inés Hernández Avila 132
Daughter of Bootstrap / Luz del Alba Acevedo 139
Beyond Survival: A Politics/Poetics of Puerto Rican Consciousness / Liza Fiol-Matta 148
I Can Fly: Of Dreams and Other Nonfictions / Eliana Rivero 156
II. Alchemies of Erasure 167
The Christmas Present / Caridad Souza 169
Snapshots from My Daze in School / Celia Alvarez 177
Point of Departure / Mirtha N. Quintanales 185
Another Way to Grow Up Puerto Rican / Liza Fiol-Matta 192
El Beso / Ruth Behar 196
The Prize of a New Cadillac / Yvette Gisele Flores-Ortiz 201
La Tra(d)ición / Latina Anónima 204
Between Perfection and Invisibility / Latina Anónima 207
Diary of La Llorona with a Ph. D. / Gloria Holguín Cuádraz 212
Welcome to the Ivory Tower / Latina Anónima 218
I Still Don’t Know Why / Latina Anónima 224
Lessons Learned from an Assistant Professor / Gloria Holguían Cuádraz 227
Don’t You Like Being in the University? / Latina Anónima 229
Temporary Latina / Ruth Behar 231
Dispelling the Sombras, Grito mi nombre con rayos de luz / Inés Hernández Avila 238
Biting Through / Latina Anónima 245
Sand from Varadero Beach / Ruth Behar 247
Speaking Among Friends: Whose Empowerment, Whose Resistance? / Luz del Alba Acevedo 250
III. The Body Re/members 263
Reading the Body / Norma E. Cantú 264
Missing Body / Caridad Souza 266
Malabareando/Juggling / Liza Fiol-Matta 269
Migraine/Jacqueca / Norma E. Cantú 271
The Wart / Daisy Cocco de Filippis 273
Why My Ears Aren't Pierced / Ruth Behar 275
Night Terrors / Latina Anónima 277
La Princesa / Latina Anónima 286
Forced by Circumstance / Norma Alarcón 289
Let Me Sleep / Latina Anónima 291
Depression / Mirtha N. Quintanales 293
Desde el Diván: Testimonios from the Couch / Yvette Giselle Flores-Ortiz 294
Telling to Live: Devoro la Mentira, Resucitando Mi Ser / Inés Hernández Avila 298
IV. Passion, Desires, and Celebrations 303
Shameless Desire / Aurora Levins Morales 305
La Cosa / Ruth Behar 307
Boleros / Eliana Rivero 309
A Working-Class Bruja’s Fears and Desires / Norma E. Cantú 314
Aún / Yvette Gisele Flores-Ortiz 318
The Names I Used to Call Your/The Names I Do Call You / Eliana Rivero 319
Plátanos and Palms / Rina Benmayor 321
Three Penny Opera or Eve’s Symphony in B Minor / Daisy Cocco de Filippis 323
Descubrimiento(s) / Celia Alvarez 327
Entre Nosotras / Latina Anónima 331
Pisco and Cranberry / Eliana Rivero 334
De lo que es Amor; de lo que es Vida / Inés Hernández Avila 336
Eating Mango / Liza Fiol-Matta 344
Everyday Grace / Mirtha N. Quintanales 345
Tenemos que Swguir Luchando / Patricia Zavella 348
Select Bibliography 357
About the Authors 373
