"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"
"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"
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
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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