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"Twenty years after the publication of" This Bridge Called My Back," this stunning collection of writings by Latina feminists raises the stakes of collaboration across race, class, nation, and sexuality." Telling to Live" challenges prevailing research practices and forges a model of deep collaboration for future generations of scholars."--Angela Y. Davis, author of "Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday"
List of contents
About the Series ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction:
Papelitos Guardados: Theorizing
Latinidades Through
Testimonio 1
I. Geneaologies of Empowerment 25
Certified Organic Intellectual / Aurora Levins Morales 27
My Father’s Hands / Yvette Gisele Flores-Oritz 33
Vignettes of a Working-Class Puerto Rican Girl in Brooklyn, New York / Celia Alvarez 39
Silence Begins at Home / Patricia Zavella 43
You Speak Spanish Because You Are Jewish? / Rina Benmayor 55
Getting There
Cuando No Hay Camino / Norma E. Cantú 60
Reflection and Rebirth: The Evolving Life of a Latina Academic / Iris Ofelia López 69
Mi Primera Amiguita: Carmelita / Gloria Holguín Cuádraz 86
The House That Mamá Biela Built / Daisy Cocco de Filippis 90
Lightning / Mirtha N. Quintanales 96
My Name Is This Story / Aurora Levins Morales 100
Resisting the Alcemy of Erasure: Journey to Labor Ideas / Clara Lomas 104
Esta Risa No Es de Loca / Caridad Souza 114
A Esconditas: A Chicana Feminist Teacher Who Writes/A Chicana Feminist Writer Who Teaches / Norma E. Cantú 123
Canto de Mi Madre/Canto de Mi Padre / Inés Hernández Avila 132
Daughter of Bootstrap / Luz del Alba Acevedo 139
Beyond Survival: A Politics/Poetics of Puerto Rican Consciousness / Liza Fiol-Matta 148
I Can Fly: Of Dreams and Other Nonfictions / Eliana Rivero 156
II. Alchemies of Erasure 167
The Christmas Present / Caridad Souza 169
Snapshots from My Daze in School / Celia Alvarez 177
Point of Departure / Mirtha N. Quintanales 185
Another Way to Grow Up Puerto Rican / Liza Fiol-Matta 192
El Beso / Ruth Behar 196
The Prize of a New Cadillac / Yvette Gisele Flores-Ortiz 201
La Tra(d)ición / Latina Anónima 204
Between Perfection and Invisibility / Latina Anónima 207
Diary of
La Llorona with a Ph. D. / Gloria Holguín Cuádraz 212
Welcome to the Ivory Tower / Latina Anónima 218
I Still Don’t Know Why / Latina Anónima 224
Lessons Learned from an Assistant Professor / Gloria Holguían Cuádraz 227
Don’t You Like Being in the University? / Latina Anónima 229
Temporary Latina / Ruth Behar 231
Dispelling the
Sombras, Grito mi nombre con rayos de luz / Inés Hernández Avila 238
Biting Through / Latina Anónima 245
Sand from Varadero Beach / Ruth Behar 247
Speaking Among Friends: Whose Empowerment, Whose Resistance? / Luz del Alba Acevedo 250
III. The Body Re/members 263
Reading the Body / Norma E. Cantú 264
Missing Body / Caridad Souza 266
Malabareando/Juggling / Liza Fiol-Matta 269
Migraine/
Jacqueca / Norma E. Cantú 271
The Wart / Daisy Cocco de Filippis 273
Why My Ears Aren't Pierced / Ruth Behar 275
Night Terrors / Latina Anónima 277
La Princesa / Latina Anónima 286
Forced by Circumstance / Norma Alarcón 289
Let Me Sleep / Latina Anónima 291
Depression / Mirtha N. Quintanales 293
Desde el Diván: Testimonios from the Couch / Yvette Giselle Flores-Ortiz 294
Telling to Live:
Devoro la Mentira, Resucitando Mi Ser / Inés Hernández Avila 298
IV. Passion, Desires, and Celebrations 303
Shameless Desire / Aurora Levins Morales 305
La Cosa / Ruth Behar 307
Boleros / Eliana Rivero 309
A Working-Class
Bruja’s Fears and Desires / Norma E. Cantú 314
Aún / Yvette Gisele Flores-Ortiz 318
The Names I Used to Call Your/The Names I Do Call You / Eliana Rivero 319
Plátanos and Palms / Rina Benmayor 321
Three Penny Opera or Eve’s Symphony in B Minor / Daisy Cocco de Filippis 323
Descubrimiento(s) / Celia Alvarez 327
Entre Nosotras / Latina Anónima 331
Pisco and Cranberry / Eliana Rivero 334
De lo que es Amor; de lo que es Vida / Inés Hernández Avila 336
Eating Mango / Liza Fiol-Matta 344
Everyday Grace / Mirtha N. Quintanales 345
Tenemos que Swguir Luchando / Patricia Zavella 348
Select Bibliography 357
About the Authors 373
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