The Chicana m(other)work anthology / edited by Cecilia Caballero [and 4 others] ; foreword by Ana Castillo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caballero, Cecilia, editor.

Project Muse.

Series:

Feminist wire books

Book collections on Project MUSE.

The Feminist wire books : connecting feminisms, race, and social justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American mothers--Social conditions.

Mexican American mothers.

Mexican American women--Social conditions.

Mexican American women.

Women scholars--Social conditions.

Women scholars.

Feminism.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm).

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Chicana M(other)work Anthology weaves together emerging scholarship and testimonios by and about self-identified Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars, activists, and allies who center mothering as transformative labor through an intersectional lens. Contributors provide narratives that make feminized labor visible and that prioritize collective action and holistic healing for mother-scholars of color, their children, and their communities within and outside academia. The volume is organized in four parts: (1) separation, migration, state violence, and detention; (2) Chicana/Latina/WOC mother-activists; (3) intergenerational mothering; and (4) loss, reproductive justice, and holistic pregnancy. Contributors offer a just framework for Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars, activists, and allies to thrive within and outside of the academy. They describe a new interpretation of motherwork that addresses the layers of care work needed for collective resistance to structural oppression and inequality. This anthology is a call to action for justice. Contributions are both theoretical and epistemological, and they offer an understanding of motherwork through Chicana and Women of Color experiences.

Contents:

Cover; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Ana Castillo; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Una Ofrenda para las Madres; Part I. Separation, Migration, State Violence, and Detention; 1. Gang-Affiliated Chicana Teen Momma Against Systemic Violence: A Testimonio Challenging Dominant Discourse Through Academic Bravery / Katherine Maldonado; 2. Aquí Se Respira Lucha: A Mother-Daughter Herstory of Amor, Dolor, y Resistencia / Gabriela Corona Valencia; 3. Coordinates: A Testimonio on Urban Migration, Mothering, and Teaching / Gretel H. Vera-Rosas

4. Fierce Mamas Rising: Navigating the Terrain of Motherhood as Formerly Incarcerated or Convicted Women / Grace Gámez5. Herstories of Sobrevivencia: Chicanx/Latinx Community College Student-Mothers (Re)claiming and (Re)defining the Educational Pipeline and CalWORKS / Nereida Oliva and Hortencia Jiménez; Part II. Chicana/Latina/Women of Color Mother-Activists; 6. Ain't I a Mama?: A Black Revolutionary Mother in the Women's Rights Movement / Trina Greene Brown

7. Mothering the Academy: An Intersectional Approach to Deconstruct and Expose the Experiences of Mother-Scholars of Color in Higher Education / Monica Hernández-Johnson, Shahla Fayazpour, Sandra L. Candel, and Ravijot Singh8. MALA: Mama Academic Liberadora Activista / Victoria Isabel Durán; 9. Chicana M/other Alliances: Making Alianzas from Scratch / Cristina Herrera and Larissa Mercado; 10. Madres en Lucha: Forging Motherhood as Political Movement Building Across Borders / Verónica N. Vélez; Part III. Intergenerational Mothering

11. A Chicana Mother-Daughter Spiritual Praxis / Alma Itzé Flores12. Enseñanzas de Mi Madre: Chicana Mother-Daughter Digital Conexiones / Andrea Garavito Martínez; 13. Abrazos de Conocimiento Across the Generations: Chicana Mothering and Daughtering in the Borderlands / Irene Lara; 14. Decolonial P'urhépecha Maternalista Feminist Motherwork and Pedagogy / Gabriela Spears-Rico; Part IV. Loss, Reproductive Justice, and Holistic Pregnancy; 15. No Gracias por la Lástima: My Chicana Mother of Adoption Truth / Corina Benavides López

16. Birthing Healing Justice: My Journey Through Miscarriage, Healing Conocimientos, and Decolonizing My Womb / Mara Chavez-Diaz17. Mothers of Color in Academia: Fierce Mothering Challenging Spatial Exclusion Through a Chicana Feminist Praxis / Nora Cisneros, LeighAnna Hidalgo, Christine Vega, and Yvette Martínez-Vu; 18. My Forever Sleeping Baby: On Research, Stillbirth, and Remembrance / Rose G. Salseda; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780816539765

0816539766

Publisher Number:

40028948204

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.