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Latina outsiders remaking Latina identity, edited by Grisel Y. Acosta

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

contains biographical information

index present

non fiction

Latina outsiders remaking Latina identity

bibliography

edited by Grisel Y. Acosta

Global gender

"Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity is an exploration of Latinas on the periphery of both Latina culture and culture in the United States. Whether they are deliberately rejected or whether they choose to reject sexist, classist, or racist practices within their cultures, the subjects of these articles, essays, short fiction, poems, testimonios, and visual art demonstrate the value of their experience. Ultimately, the outsider experience influences what the larger culture adopts, demonstrating that a different perspective is key to remaking Latina identity. Outside perspectives include those of queer, indigenous, Afro-Latina, activist, and differently-abled folks. By challenging stereotypes and revealing the diverse range of narratives which make up the Latina experience, Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity will expand and deepen notions of the Latina identity for students and researchers of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies"--, Provided by publisher

Introduction / Grisel Y. Acosta -- Punks and hipsters : Latina outsiders remaking Latina identity / Grisel Y. Acosta -- "The child is bewitched" : syncretism and self-making in Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban / Alexander Lalama -- Coritos for las de afuera / Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros -- The journey of a sexy nerd : antes muerte que sencilla / Connie Pertuz -- Just for standing out / Toni Plummer -- Activism is not a phase : testimonio of a radical Xicana Ph.D. / Irene M. Sanchez -- Playing chola : the discourse of subjects and subject-selves / Veronica Sandoval -- Dear world / Alma Luz Villanueva -- Ruidosas to the front : Alice Bag and the construction of Violence Girl / Sarah Dowman -- Loving Latinas : when questioning sexuality means questioning Latinidad / Sarah Paruolo -- Returning to the Bronx : gender fluidity and coming of age in Juliet takes a breath / Grisel Y. Acosta -- Separacion / Luis Lopez-Maldonado -- Catcalls to my brain / Nancy Mercado --^Between and beyond the mediated and the material in Teatro Luna's Generation sex / Melissa Huerta -- Permission / Stephanie Jimenez -- The Lunasole class / Stephanie Laterza -- Parts of an autobiography / Carmen Gimenez Smith -- Every woman keeps a flame against the wind / Kristen Millares Young -- Dear Barbara T. y Gloria E. : found auto-ethnographic letters to Afro-Latinx Nepantla acrobats / Monique Guishard -- Haciendo caras : the alter-native illuminations of Laura Varela and Vaago Weiland's Enlight-tent / Cathryn Merla-Watson -- On the threshold : a Latina English professor / M. Soledad Caballero -- My English Victorian dating troubles / Analicia Sotelo -- What was the passion fruit named before the Europeans renamed it? and Excused absences / Aline Mello -- Inlaws, outlaws / Anna Padilla-Davis -- Yo soy Boricua feminista, pa'que tu lo sepas! : notes from a DiaspoRican on performing outsider identity / Jessica Pabon-Colon --^Latina liberation : a conversation of soul, sacred well-being & wholeness / Gloria Rodriguez -- Pa'que sepan / Vanessa Alviso -- The symbology of the derailed mind / Angela Gonzalez-Gartelman -- Poison and monsters / Jiovanna Perez -- Stroke / Nova Gutierrez -- You either see me or you don't / Joanmaris Cuello -- My mother as the voice of Frida Kahlo / Analicia Sotelo -- Sounding la raza cosmica / Veronica Salinas -- Heyoka / Alma Luz Villanueva -- Dropping dimes / Diana Diaz -- Good enough / Nancy Mendez-Booth -- Tracing Elaine Summer's dance and performance lineage : performance notes / Jane Gabriels -- Belonging, chaos, blood, and tissues : assumptions about Latina writers in academia / Naida Saavedra -- Write like a girl / Claudia Rodriguez -- Conclusion / Grisel Y. Acosta