Queering Mesoamerican diasporas : remembering Xicana indígena ancestries / Susy J. Zepeda.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Zepeda, Susy J., 1977- author.

Contributor:

• Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

Series:

• Transformations
• Transformations: womanist, feminist, and indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mexican American women--Ethnic identity.
• Mexican American women--Spiritual life.
• Mexican American arts.
• Hispanic American lesbians--Psychology.
• Central American Americans--Ethnic identity.
• Indian gay people--Intellectual life.
• Feminism--United States.
• Decolonization--Social aspects--United States.
• Civilization--Indian influences.
• Decolonization--Social aspects.
• Feminism.
• United States--Civilization--Indian influences.
• United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 198 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Remembering Xicana indígena ancestries

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Acts of remembering offer a path to decolonization for Indigenous peoples forcibly dislocated from their culture, knowledge, and land. Susy J. Zepeda highlights the often overlooked yet intertwined legacies of Chicana feminisms and queer decolonial theory through the work of select queer Indígena cultural producers and thinkers. By tracing the ancestries and silences of gender-nonconforming people of color, she addresses colonial forms of epistemic violence and methods of transformation, in particular spirit research. Zepeda also uses archival materials, raised ceremonial altars, and analysis of decolonial artwork in conjunction with oral histories to explore the matriarchal roots of Chicana/x and Latina/x feminisms. As she shows, these feminisms are forms of knowledge that people can remember through Indigenous-centered visual narratives, cultural wisdom, and spirit practices. A fascinating exploration of hidden Indígena histories and silences, Queering Mesoamerican Diasporas blends scholarship with spirit practices to reimagine the root work, dis/connection to land, and the political decolonization of Xicana/x peoples"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Decolonizing 1848: Unraveling Conflicting Colonial Histories of Land and Race to Trace Queer Ancestry
• 2. Ensenanzas con la Maestra Gloria, in Ceremony with Anzaldua: Altars, Archives, and Aligning with the Cosmic Borderlands
• 3. Queer Indigena Art: Visual Prayers for Remembering Grandmother Earth through Oral and Visual Storytelling
• 4. Tracing Latina Lesbiana Historias of Resistance, Solidarity, and Visibility: Genealogical Archives of a Generation of Gatherers and Guardians of Knowledge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Zepeda, Susy J., 1977- Queering Mesoamerican diasporas

ISBN:

• 9780252044533
• 0252044533
• 9780252086601
• 0252086600

OCLC:

1266360844

Publisher Number:

99991193489

Online:

The Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund Home Page