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This Bridge We Call Communication: Anzaldúan Approaches to Theory, Method, and Praxis explores contemporary communication research studies, performative writing, poetry, Latina/o studies, and gender studies through the lens of Gloria Anzaldúa's theories, methods, and concepts. Utilizing different methodologies and approaches-testimonio, performative writing, and interpretive, rhetorical, and critical methodologies-the contributors provide original research on contexts including healing and pain, woundedness, identity, Chicana and black feminisms, and experiences in academia.
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Chapter 1: "Using Testimonios to Untame Our Silent Tongues: Exploring our Experiences of Child Sexual Abuse Through an Anzaldúan Perspective,"
Nivea Castañeda
Chapter 2: "Testimonio as a Queer Puente for Healing,"
Manuel Alejandro Pérez
"Make America Great Again,"
Robert Gutierrez-Perez
Chapter 3: "Fronteras Toxicas: Toward a Borderland Ecological Consciousness,"
Carlos Tarin
"Dolores,"
Masha Sukovic
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Chapter 4: "Facing Tlahtlacolli (Microaggressions) with Nepantla and Conocimiento: A Xicana Epistemological Approach,"
Sarah Amira de la Garza
Chapter 5: "A Letter to My Hija: Anzaldúa's Coyolxauhqui Imperative, Your Bisabuela's Withering Body, and the Life-Affirming Possibilities of Woundedness,"
Luis Manuel Andrade
Chapter 6: "I take something from both worlds": An Anzaldúan Analysis of Mexican-American Women's Conceptualizations of Ethnic Identity,"
Leandra Hinojosa Hernández
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Chapter 7: "Communicating Nepantla: An Anzaldúan Theory of Identity,"
Sarah De Los Santos Upton
Chapter 8: "Between Worlds: A Personal Journey of Self-reflection While on the Path of Conocimiento,"
Edmundo M. Aguilar
Chapter 9: "Remembering Gloria Anzaldúa Globally Through A Documentary Altar: ALTAR Cruzando Fronteras, Building Bridges,"
Diana I. Bowen
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About the author
Leandra H. Hernández is independent scholar and teaches communication courses at National University, Trident University International, and the University of Houston.
Robert Gutierrez-Perez is assistant professor of culture and communication in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Summary
This co-edited collection explores contemporary research studies, performative writing, poetry, Latina/o studies, and gender studies through the lens of Gloria Anzaldúa’s theories, methods, and concepts. These concepts include borderlands theories, nepantla, mestiza consciousness, the Coyolxauhqui Imperative, conocimiento, and spirituality.
