Erotic Journeys is a fascinating, revealing, and respectful examination of the romantic relationships and sex lives of the fastest-growing minority group in the nation. In a series of in-depth interviews, Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez investigates the ways in which sixty heterosexual Mexican women and men living in Los Angeles reinvent their sex lives as part of their immigration and settlement experiences. Defying a broad spectrum of preconceived notions, these immigrants confirm in their vivid narratives that sexuality--far from being culturally determined--is fluid and complex....
Erotic Journeys is a fascinating, revealing, and respectful examination of the romantic relationships and sex lives of the fastest-growing mino...
Thirty-two wide-ranging voices pay tribute to the late Gloria Anzaldua, the beloved poet and fiction writer who redefined lesbian and Chicana/o identities for thousands of readers.
Thirty-two wide-ranging voices pay tribute to the late Gloria Anzaldua, the beloved poet and fiction writer who redefined lesbian and Chicana/o identi...
The inspirational writings of cultural theorist and social justice activist Gloria Anzaldua have empowered generations of women and men throughout the world. Charting the multiplicity of Anzaldua's impact within and beyond academic disciplines, community trenches, and international borders, Bridging presents more than thirty reflections on her work and her life, examining vibrant facets in surprising new ways and inviting readers to engage with these intimate, heartfelt contributions.
Bridging is divided into five sections: The New Mestizas: "transitions and...
The inspirational writings of cultural theorist and social justice activist Gloria Anzaldua have empowered generations of women and men throughout ...
-My breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them, - confides 'Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she experienced in childhood. In Family Secrets, Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez tells the life stories of 60 men and women in Mexico who, like Elisa, saw their lives irrevocably changed in the wake of childhood and adolescent incest. In Mexico, a patriarchal, religious society where women are expected to make themselves sexually available to men and where same-sex experiences for both men and women bring great shame, incest is easily hidden, seldom...
-My breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them, - confides 'Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she...
-My breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them, - confides 'Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she experienced in childhood. In Family Secrets, Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez tells the life stories of 60 men and women in Mexico who, like Elisa, saw their lives irrevocably changed in the wake of childhood and adolescent incest. In Mexico, a patriarchal, religious society where women are expected to make themselves sexually available to men and where same-sex experiences for both men and women bring great shame, incest is easily hidden, seldom...
-My breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them, - confides 'Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she...
