Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography, and CommunityVicki Ruíz, Virginia Sánchez Korrol "An extraordinary exploration of Latinas in the United States from the 1800s to the present, this collection of narrative biographies documents the lives of fifteen remarkable individuals who witnessed, defined, defied, and wrote about the forces that shaped their lives. Since the earliest periods of Spanish American colonization, women have claimed public space and built communities, both as physical places and as cultural realms. As entrepreneurs, community activists, mystics, educators, feminists, labor organizers, artists and entertainers, many Latinas used the power of the pento traverse and transgress the social boundaries and cultural conventions of their time. Their diverse histories span two centuries and encompass a past of multiple conquests and migrations, taking into account race, region, gender, culture, and social location. Blending insights from history,literary criticism, and cultural studies, this interdisciplinary anthology re-envisions Latina history taking into consideration gendered genealogies of power as charted through grassroots' activism, literature, education, and economic enterprise. Their legacies rest on the production and dissemination of knowledge, which in turn reveals much about their own worldviews and historical agency. This anthology profiles Victoria Reid, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Maria Gertrudis Barcelo, Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Luisa Capetillo, Lola Rodriguez de Tio, Teresa Urrea, Adelina Otero Warren,Jovita Gonzalez Mireles, Pura Belpre, Luisa Moreno, Carmen Miranda, Antonia Pantoja, Ana Mendieta, and Dolores Huerta."--Google Books viewed November 13, 2020. |
Contents
Victoria Reid and the Politics of Identity | 19 |
La Tules of Image and Reality | 39 |
Civil War | 59 |
Copyright | |
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Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography, and Community Vicki Ruíz,Virginia Sánchez Korrol Limited preview - 2005 |
Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography, and Community Vicki L. Ruiz,Virginia Sánchez Korrol Limited preview - 2005 |
Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography, and Community Vicki L. Ruiz,Virginia Sánchez Korrol Limited preview - 2005 |
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References to this book
Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality [2 volumes] Stephanie Brzuzy,Amy Lind No preview available - 2007 |