Dialogues Across Diasporas Women Writers, Scholars, and Activists of Africana and Latina Descent in Conversation

Name: Dialogues Across Diasporas Women Writers, Scholars, and Activists of Africana and Latina Descent in Conversation
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ISBN: 9780739178041

ISBN-10: 0739178040

ISBN-13: 9780739178041

Edition: 2013

Authors: Marion Rohrleitner, Sarah E. Ryan, Meredith E. Abarca, Gabriela Durï¿½n Barraza, Sasha Pimentel Chacï¿½n

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List price: $98.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/14/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 302
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.25" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction: Dialogues Across Diasporas: Africana? Chicana? Latina? No, Afro-Latina!




Diasporic Debates: Exploring the Dynamics of Gender, Race, and Migration



"Harvesting" Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Zora Neale Hurston's Literary (Dis)Articulation of Being




Not in Our Mother's Image: Ekphrasis and Challenges to Recovering Afro-Mestizaje in Contemporary Latina/Chicana Historical Fiction




Male Wives, Female Husbands: Immigration, Gender, and Home in Calixthe Beyala's Le Petit Prince de Belleville and Maman a un Amant




Embodied Translation: Dominant Discourse and Communication with Migrant Bodies-as-Text




Diasporic Dances: Performing Language, History, and Community



In Tongues-The Trouble Inside Language: Imag[e]ining Presence




A Freedom Stolen




Reading Yvette Christiansï¿½: Reflections from a Border Scholar-Activist




Pin-Stripe Alley




A Box of Chocolates




The Sun Once Again Sings to the People




"Talking Tagalog" and "The Eyes Open to a Cry"




Diasporic Doings: Celebrating Community Activism in the Americas and Beyond



An Afro-Mestizo Tamal: Remembering a Sensory and Sacred Encounter




Recovering Afro-Mestiza Identities: A Borderlands Classroom




Discourses of Deference: Women and Submission in the Nigerian Diaspora




Catherine Mary Ajizinga Chipembere of Malawi: Living an Extraordinary Life




Luchando, Rimando, Sacando, Pintando: Young Female Artist Collectives in Ciudad Juï¿½rez




Constrained Activism: National Agendas versus Local Activities in Non-governmental Organizations Serving Diasporic Women



Bibliography


Index


About the Contributors