Building womanist coalitions : writing and teaching in the spirit of love / edited by Gary L. Lemons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lemons, Gary L., editor.

Series:

Transformations : womanist, feminist, and indigenous studies.

Transformations : womanist, feminist, and indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Feminism.

Women's studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 246 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]

Contents:

Part I Teaching in the "Universalis[ist]" Spirit of Womanism

1 Spirituality in the Classroom: Some Womanist Reflections p. 23 / Layli Maparyan

2 Coming into Being: Metta to Womanist Teachers p. 36 / Kendra N. Bryant

3 Professing the Liberatory Power of Womanism p. 53 / Gary L. Lemons

4 A Doctored Voice: Resistance, Reading, and Righting as Womanist Pedagogy p. 70 / Ylce Irizarry

Part II Womanist Alliances for Human Rights and Social Justice

5 Breaking Silence p. 95 / M. Jacqui Alexander and Beverly Guy-Sheftall

6 From Exile to Healing: I "Too" Am a Womanist p. 123 / Susie L. Hoeller

7 Nepantlera as Midwife of Empathy p. 136 / Paul T. Corrigan

8 A Deeper Shade of Consciousness: My Voice Is My Resistance p. 149 / Atika Chaudhary

Part III Speaking and Acting Out in Womanist Solidarity

9 Transgenero Performance: Gender and Transformation in Mujeres en Ritual p. 171 / Dora Arreola

10 Soy Mujer Cuando ... A Collective Poem p. 184 / Andrea Assaf

11 Now Is Not the Time for Silence: Writing and Directing What the Heart Remembers p. 188 / Fanni V. Green

12 "I Come from a Dream Deferred" p. 208 / Erica C. Sutherlin

13 On Becoming a Feminist p. 210 / Rudolph P. Byrd

14 Compelled by the Spirit: My Journey to Become a Womanist Man p. 216 / M. Thandabantu Iverson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252084218

0252084217

OCLC:

1055573559