Queering Mesoamerican Diasporas : Remembering Xicana Indigena Ancestries / Susy J. Zepeda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zepeda, Susy J., 1977- author.

Series:

Transformations: womanist, feminist, and indigenous studies.

Transformations: womanist, feminist, and indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American women--Ethnic identity.

Mexican American women.

Mexican American women--Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

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:

Introduction : tracing queer Mesoamerican diasporas

Decolonizing 1848 : unraveling conflicting colonial histories of land and race to trace queer ancestry

Enseñanzas con la Maestra Gloria, in ceremony with Anzaldúa: altars, archives, and aligning with the cosmic borderlands

Queer indígena art : visual prayers for remembering

Grandmother Earth through oral and visual storytelling

Tracing Latina lesbiana historias of resistance, solidarity, and visibility : genealogical archives of a generation of gatherers and guardians of knowledge

Epilogue : coda of enseñanzas

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252053535

0252053532

OCLC:

1296690650