"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 reach the echelons of higher education, often against great
odds, and constructed relationships of sustenance and creativity
along the way. The stories, poetry, memoirs, and reflections of
this diverse group of Puerto Rican, Chicana, Native American,
Mexican, Cuban, Dominican, Sephardic, mixed-heritage, and Central
American women provide new perspectives on feminist theorizing,
perspectives located in the borderlands of Latino cultures.
This often heart wrenching, sometimes playful, yet always
insightful collection will interest those who wish to understand
the challenges U.S. society poses for women of complex cultural
heritages who strive to carve out their own spaces in the ivory
tower.
"Contributors." Luz del Alba Acevedo, Norma Alarcon, Celia
Alvarez, Ruth Behar, Rina Benmayor, Norma E. Cantu, Daisy Cocco De
Filippis, Gloria Holguin Cuadraz, Liza Fiol-Matta, Yvette
Flores-Ortiz, Ines Hernandez-Avila, Aurora Levins Morales, Clara
Lomas, Iris Ofelia Lopez, Mirtha N. Quintanales, Eliana Rivero,
Caridad Souza, Patricia Zavella
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