Chicana Without Apology: Chicana Sin Vergüenza: The New Chicana Cultural Studies

ISBN-13: 9780415935050 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 232 str.

Eden E. Torres;Eden Torres; E. Torres Eden

Opis

In this text, writer and activist Eden Torres lays the groundwork for an understanding of Chicana feminist thought. By approaching Chicana/o issues from the frames of feminism, social activism and cultural studies, and by considering both lived experience and theory, Torres offers a more comprehensive understanding of current Chicana life. Torres's prose is compelling and, often, highly personal, recollecting her own story as a first-generation Mexican-American; the only person in her family to ever go to college, much less earn a PhD and become a professor. The book struggles to merge the two worlds of academic feminism and the barrio, finding that in the fight for social justice, each has something vital to offer the other.

Recenzje

"In this intelligent and eloquent book, Edén Torres asks and answers hard questions about the impressive legacy and enduring relevance of Chicana cultural studies." -- George Lipsitz, author of American Studies in a Moment of Danger
"Edén Torres is a bold, astute storyteller who makes conscious links between global politics and Chicana feminism. By challenging conventional notions of multiculturalism, internalized dominance, and imperialism, she provides an exceptional cultural critique that promises to be a fundamental text in many classrooms and communities." -- Emma Perez, author of The Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas Into History
"Chicana Without Apology is a powerful book that hooks you with a sharp critical edge while making corazon-felt connections. Torres approaches emotional suffering from a sociohistorical perspective, but she's not afraid to put herself in the theory. Her poignant and concrete exploration of wounds, cumulative losses, unresolved grieving, and historical trauma--the legacy of colonization--enables a reshaping of collective memory, making this a definitive text in Raza Studies, and a must read for all teachers, scholars, and activistas. Orale, Eden." -- Gloria E. Anzaldua, author of Borderlands/La Frontera

Spis treści

Introduction: No hay tiempo ni espacio para llorarThere Is Neither Time Nor Space To CryChapter One: Anguished Past, Troubled PresentThe Savagery and Promise of Traumatic MemoryChapter Two: Rich in Culture, Low on CapitalCultural Studies and the Global EconomyChapter Three: Wisdom and WeaknessFreire and EducationChapter Four: Desire on the LineSexual Transgression and the Border as Grand MetaphorsChapter Five: The Virtues of ConflictChallenging Dominant Culture and White Feminist TheoryChapter Six: Donde hay amor, hay dolorWhere There is Love, There is PainNotesBibliographyIndex

O autorze

Edén E. Torres is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Minnesota.