Nos/otras : Gloria E. Anzaldua, multiplicitous agency, and resistance / Andrea J. Pitts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pitts, Andrea J., author.

Series:

SUNY series, philosophy and race.

SUNY series, philosophy and race

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anzaldúa, Gloria--Criticism and interpretation.

Anzaldúa, Gloria.

Agent (Philosophy) in literature.

Feminism and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2021]

Summary:

Offers a timely reconsideration of the writings of Gloria Anzaldúa, treating issues of multiplicitous agency, identarian politics, and the stakes of coalition building as core themes in the author's work.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Anzaldúan Multiplicitous Agency

Chapter 1 Interpretive Threads of Anzaldúa's Work

Existential Phenomenology

Relational Ontology

Coalitional Politics

Structure of the Book

Chapter 2 Geographies of Multiplicitous Selves

Examining Insularity and Isolationism

Examining Individualism and Imperialism

Learning from Nepantleras

Chapter 3 Turning Ambivalence into Something Else

Insurrectionist Ethics and Agency

Resistant Reconstructions and Ambivalence

Agential Framings of Ambivalence

Chapter 4 Putting Coyolxauhqui Together

Crip Atravesadas

Re-membering Coyolxauhqui

Disability and the Coyolxauhqui Imperative

Multiplicitous Coalition Building

Chapter 5 Building Coalition con Nos/otras

Trans Theorizing and Anzaldúa's Writings

Critique of Anzaldúan Mestizaje

Resisting the Coloniality of Reality Enforcement

Conclusion: From Nos/otras to Nos/otrxs

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781438484846

1438484844

OCLC:

1255521390