Spiritual mestizaje : religion, gender, race, and nation in contemporary Chicana narrative / Theresa Delgadillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delgadillo, Theresa, 1959-

Series:

Latin America otherwise

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anzaldúa, Gloria--Criticism and interpretation.

Anzaldúa, Gloria.

American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Mexican American authors.

Mestizaje in literature.

Spirituality in literature.

Gender identity in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2011.

Summary:

First mentioned by Gloria Anzaldúa in her pioneering book Borderlands/La Frontera, spiritual mestizaje is a transformative process of excavating bodily memory to develop a radical, sustained critique of oppression and renew one's relation to the sacred. Theresa Delgadiilo analyzes the role of spiritual mestizaje in Anzaldúa's work and in relation to other forms of spirituality and theories of oppression. Illuminating the ways that contemporary Chicana narratives visualize, imagine, and enact Anzaldúa's theory and method of spiritual mestizaje, Delgadillo interprets novels, memoir, and documentaries. Her critical reading of literary and visual technologies demonstrates how Chicanas challenge normative categories of gender, sexuality, nation, and race by depicting alternative visions of spirituality. Book jacket.

Contents:

A theory of spiritual mestizaje

Bodies of knowledge

Sacred fronteras

Border secrets : gender, Judaism, and indigenous worldviews in the Americas

"Bad religion".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822350293

0822350297

9780822350460

0822350467

OCLC:

700406602