Indigenous genres of the human : locating the intersections of indigeneity and Latinidad / Gabriela Raquel Ríos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ríos, Gabriela Raquel, 1981- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity.

Mexican Americans.

Physical Description:

xxv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2026.

Summary:

"A bold, transdisciplinary exploration of how Latinx/a/o communities use testimonio to reclaim indigeneity and resist colonial definitions of who is considered human"-- Provided by publisher.

"In this work, scholar Gabriela Raquel Ríos considers how Latina/o/x communities engage in the ethical reclamation of indigeneity. Through case studies that include testimonios and other Indigenous storytelling practices, Ríos reveals how cultural logics of colonization continue to shape--and often constrain--understandings of indigeneity across Latin America and in the United States. Addressing different genres of human and what contemporary indigeneity and reclaiming indigeneity looks like across Latin American contexts, chapters in this work examine digital bruja poetry, Aymara women's Lucha Libre in Bolivia, Raramuri dance in Mexico, and Indigenous Khipu in the Andes. The author weaves her own story of being from southern Texas and traveling to Mexico throughout the book. Bridging Sylvia Wynter's theory of "genres of the human" with critical Latinx indigeneity studies, Chicana/o/x studies, decolonial theory, and rhetorical new materialisms, this book challenges readers to rethink what it means to be human, Indigenous, and Chicanx in the wake of colonial violence. Rather than reinforcing binaries defined by settler colonialism, Ríos proposes a framework that centers community knowledge and grounded practices. Her work opens space for dialogue, listening, and healing, emphasizing that reclaiming indigeneity requires attention to the stories, movements, and rhetorical practices that emerge from within communities themselves"-- From publisher's website.

Contents:

Forging a path for (non)traditional knowledges

Testigos de maiz: one South Texan Chicana's "theory in the flesh"

Tracing and "unsettling the coloniality of being" in new materialist discourse: making othered ontologies matter

Brujeria feminism and the rise of digital brujas

(Re)assembling the cholita: cholita bodily arts in the lucha libre

Iwigara: Raramuri dance as archive of biocultural diversity

Khipu structures of coding and decolonial approaches to object-oriented rhetorics

On Chicanx indigenities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and index.

Other Format:

Online version Ríos, Gabriela Raquel, 1981- Indigenous genres of the human

ISBN:

9780816552665

9780816552672

0816552673

0816552665

OCLC:

1534696037

Publisher Number:

90104535155