Theories of the flesh : Latinx and Latin American feminisms, transformation, and resistance / edited by Andrea J. Pitts, Mariana Ortega, and José Medina.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pitts, Andrea J., editor.

Commins-Holman Family Fund.

Series:

Studies in feminist philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America.

Feminism--Latin America.

Feminism.

Imperialism.

Physical Description:

xvii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

""A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities of our lives all fuse to create a politic born of necessity," writes activist Cherríe L. Moraga. This volume of new essays stages an intergenerational dialogue among philosophers to introduce and deepen engagement with U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy, and to explore their "theories in the flesh." It explores specific intellectual contributions in various topics in U.S. Latinx and Latin American feminisms that stand alone and are unique and valuable; analyzes critical contributions that U.S. Latinx and Latin American interventions have made in feminist thought more generally over the last several decades; and shows the intellectual and transformative value of reading U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist theorizing.The collection features a series of essays analyzing decolonial approaches within U. S. Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy, including studies of the functions of gender within feminist theory, everyday modes of resistance, and methodological questions regarding the scope and breadth of decolonization as a critical praxis. Additionally, essays examine theoretical contributions to feminist discussions of selfhood, narrativity, and genealogy, as well as novel epistemic and hermeneutical approaches within the field. A number of contributors in the book address themes of aesthetics and embodiment, including issues of visual representation, queer desire, and disability within U. S. Latinx and Latin American feminisms.Together, the essays in this volume are groundbreaking and powerful contributions in the fields of U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy."-- Publisher website.

""A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities of our lives all fuse to create a politic born of necessity," writes activist Cherr�ie L. Moraga. This volume of new essays stages an intergenerational dialogue among philosophers to introduce and deepen engagement with U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy, and to explore their "theories in the flesh." It explores specific intellectual contributions in various topics in U.S. Latinx and Latin American feminisms that stand alone and are unique and valuable; analyzes critical contributions that U.S. Latinx and Latin American interventions have made in feminist thought more generally over the last several decades; and shows the intellectual and transformative value of reading U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist theorizing.The collection features a series of essays analyzing decolonial approaches within U. S. Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy, including studies of the functions of gender within feminist theory, everyday modes of resistance, and methodological questions regarding the scope and breadth of decolonization as a critical praxis. Additionally, essays examine theoretical contributions to feminist discussions of selfhood, narrativity, and genealogy, as well as novel epistemic and hermeneutical approaches within the field. A number of contributors in the book address themes of aesthetics and embodiment, including issues of visual representation, queer desire, and disability within U. S. Latinx and Latin American feminisms.Together, the essays in this volume are groundbreaking and powerful contributions in the fields of U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy."-- Publisher website.

""A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities of our lives all fuse to create a politic born of necessity," writes activist Cherríe L. Moraga. This volume of new essays stages an intergenerational dialogue among philosophers to introduce and deepen engagement with U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy, and to explore their "theories in the flesh." It explores specific intellectual contributions in various topics in U.S. Latinx and Latin American feminisms that stand alone and are unique and valuable; analyzes critical contributions that U.S. Latinx and Latin American interventions have made in feminist thought more generally over the last several decades; and shows the intellectual and transformative value of reading U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist theorizing.The collection features a series of essays analyzing decolonial approaches within U. S. Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy, including studies of the functions of gender within feminist theory, everyday modes of resistance, and methodological questions regarding the scope and breadth of decolonization as a critical praxis. Additionally, essays examine theoretical contributions to feminist discussions of selfhood, narrativity, and genealogy, as well as novel epistemic and hermeneutical approaches within the field. A number of contributors in the book address themes of aesthetics and embodiment, including issues of visual representation, queer desire, and disability within U. S. Latinx and Latin American feminisms.Together, the essays in this volume are groundbreaking and powerful contributions in the fields of U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy."-- Publisher website.

""A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities of our lives all fuse to create a politic born of necessity," writes activist Cherrï¿1/2ie L. Moraga. This volume of new essays stages an intergenerational dialogue among philosophers to introduce and deepen engagement with U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy, and to explore their "theories in the flesh." It explores specific intellectual contributions in various topics in U.S. Latinx and Latin American feminisms that stand alone and are unique and valuable; analyzes critical contributions that U.S. Latinx and Latin American interventions have made in feminist thought more generally over the last several decades; and shows the intellectual and transformative value of reading U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist theorizing.The collection features a series of essays analyzing decolonial approaches within U. S. Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy, including studies of the functions of gender within feminist theory, everyday modes of resistance, and methodological questions regarding the scope and breadth of decolonization as a critical praxis. Additionally, essays examine theoretical contributions to feminist discussions of selfhood, narrativity, and genealogy, as well as novel epistemic and hermeneutical approaches within the field. A number of contributors in the book address themes of aesthetics and embodiment, including issues of visual representation, queer desire, and disability within U. S. Latinx and Latin American feminisms.Together, the essays in this volume are groundbreaking and powerful contributions in the fields of U.S Latinx and Latin American feminist philosophy."-- Publisher website.

Contents:

Section I Decolonial Movidas: Gender, Community, and Liberation

Chapter 1 Decolonizing Feminist Theory: Latina Contributions to the Debate p. 11 / Linda Martín Alcoff

Chapter 2 Revisiting Gender: A Decolonial Approach p. 29 / María Lugones

Chapter 3 From Women's Movements to Feminist Theories (and Vice Versa) p. 38 / María Luisa Femenías

Chapter 4 Enrique Dussel's Etica de la liberación, US Women of Color Decolonizing Practices, and Coalitionary Politics amid Difference p. 53 / Laura E. Pérez

Chapter 5 Decolonial Feminist Movidas: A Caribeña (Re)thinks "Privilege," the Wages of Gender, and Building Complex Coalitions p. 74 / Xhercis Méndez

Section II Making Feminist Selves: Self-Authority, Affect, and Narrativity

Chapter 6 Philosophical Feminism in Latin America p. 97 / Francesco Gargallo

Chapter 7 Crossroads and In-Between Spaces: A Meditation on Anzaldúa and Beyond p. 123 / Ofelia Schutte

Chapter 8 "Remaking Human Being": Loving, Kaleidoscopic Consciousness in Helena María Viramontes's Their Dogs Came with Them p. 135 / Paula M. L. Moya

Chapter 9 African, Latina, Feminist, and Decolonial: Marta Moreno Vega's Remembrance of Life in El Barrio in the 1950s p. 157 / Theresa Delgadillo

Section III Knowing Otherwise: Language, Translation, and Alternative Consciousness

Chapter 10 Latin America, Decoloniality, and Translation: Feminists Building Connectant Epistemologies p. 173 / Claudia de Lima Costa

Chapter 11 Embodied Genealogies: Anzaldúa, Nietzsche, and Diverse Epistemic Practice p. 188 / Natalie Cisneros

Chapter 12 Between Hermeneutic Violence and Alphabets of Survival p. 204 / Elena Flores Ruíz

Chapter 13 Hallucinating Knowing: (Extra)ordinary Consciousness, More-Than-Human Perception, and Other Decolonizing Remedios within Latina and Xicana Feminist Theories p. 220 / Pedro J. DiPietro

Section IV Aesthetic Longings: Latina Styles, Bodily Vulnerability, and Queer Desires

Chapter 14 Stylized Resistance: Boomerang Perception and Latinas in the Twenty-First Century p. 239 / Stephanie Rivera Berruz

Chapter 15 Deracializing Representations of Femininity and the Marketing of Latinidad: Zoe Saldana and L'Oréal's True Match Campaign p. 252 / Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo and Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo

Chapter 16 Cámara Queer: Longing, the Photograph, and Queer Latinidad p. 264 / Mariana Ortega

Chapter 17 Vulnerable Bodies: Juana Alicia's Latina Feminism and Transcorporal Environmentalism p. 281 / Julie Avril Minich.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Commins-Holman Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780190062972

0190062975

9780190062965

0190062967

OCLC:

1100428279

Publisher Number:

99984148574