Gloria Anzaldua

The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader

Herausgeber: Keating, Analouise

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of published and unpublished writings of the groundbreaking Chicana writer and self-described "chicana dyke-feminist, tejana patlache poet, writer and cultural theorist" Gloria Anzaldua.

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Born in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria E Anzaldua was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. Providing a sample of the poetry, prose, fiction, and experimental autobiographical writing that Anzaldua produced, this book demonstrates the breadth and philosophical depth of her work.

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Produktdetails

• Latin America Otherwise
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780822345640
• ISBN-10: 0822345641
• Artikelnr.: 26503394

Autorenporträt

Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Reading Gloria Anzaldúa, Reading Ourselves . . . Complex
Intimacies, Intricate Connections 1
Part One. "Early" Writings
TIHUEQUE 19
To Delia, Who Failed on Principles 20
Reincarnation 21
The Occupant 22
I Want To Be Shocked Shitless 23
The New Speakers 24
Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers 26
The coming of el mundo surdo 36
La Prieta 38
El paisano is a bird of good omen 51
Dream of the Double-Faced Woman 70
Foreword to the Second Edition (of This Bridge Called My Back) 72
Sexuality, Spirituality, and the Body: An Interview with Linda Smuckler 74
Part Two. "Middle" Writings
Enemy of the State 97
Del Otro Lado 99
Encountering the Medusa 101
Creativity and Switching in Modes of Consciousness 103
En Rapport, In Opposition: Cobrando cuentas a las nuestras 111
The Presence 119
Metaphors in the Tradition of the Shaman 121
Haciendo caras, una entrada 124
Bridge, Drawbridge, Sandbar, or Island: Lesbians-of-Color Hacienda Alianzas
140
Ghost Trap/Trampa de espanto 157
To(o) Queer the Writer-Loca, escritora y chicana 163
Border Arte: Nepantla, El Lugar de la Frontera 176
On the Process of Writing Borderlands / La Frontera 187
La vulva is una herida abierta / The vulva is an open wound 198
The New Mestiza Nation: A Multicultural Movement 203
Part Three. Gallery of Images 217
Part Four. "Later" Writings
Foreword to Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit 229
How to 232
Memoir-My Calling; or, Notes for "How Prieta Came to Write" 235
When I write I hover 238
Transforming American Studies: 2001 Bode-Pearson Prize Acceptance Speech
239
Yemayá 242
(Un)natural bridges, (Un)safe spaces 243
Healing wounds 249
Reading LP 250
A Short Q&A between LP and Her Author (GEA) 274
Like a spider in her web 276
Bearing Witness: Their Eyes Anticipate the Healing 277
The Postmodern Llorona 280
Speaking across the Divide 282
Llorona Coyolxauhqui 295
Disability & Identity: An E-mail Exchange & a Few Additional Thoughts 298
Let us be the healing of the wound: The Coyolxauhqui imperative-la sombra y
el sueño 303
Appendix 1: Glossary 319
Appendix 2: Timeline: Some Highlights from Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa's
Life 325
Bibliography 337
Index 351