Telling to live

Latina feminist testimonios

378 pages

English language

Published 2001 by Duke University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-8223-2755-4
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OCLC Number:
46866215

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Telling to Live embodies the vision that compelled Latina feminists to engage their differences and find common ground. Its contributors reflect varied class, religious, ethnic, racial, linguistic, sexual, and national backgrounds. Yet in one way or another they are all professional producers of testimonios—or life stories—whether as poets, oral historians, literary scholars, ethnographers, or psychologists. Through coalitional politics, these women have forged feminist political stances about generating knowledge through experience. Reclaiming testimonio as a tool for understanding the complexities of Latina identity, they compare how each made the journey to become credentialed creative thinkers and writers. Telling to Live unleashes the clarifying power of sharing these stories. The complex and rich tapestry of narratives that comprises this book introduces us to an intergenerational group of Latina women who negotiate their place in U.S. society at the cusp of the twenty-first century. These are the stories of women who struggled to …

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Subjects

  • Hispanic American women -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes
  • Hispanic American women -- Biography -- Anecdotes
  • Feminists -- United States -- Biography -- Anecdotes
  • Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- Anecdotes
  • United States -- Ethnic relations -- Anecdotes