Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora

Name: Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora
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ISBN: 9781558857469

ISBN-10: 155885746X

ISBN-13: 9781558857469

Edition: 2012

Authors: Marta Moreno Vega

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Hers is one of eleven essays and four poems included in this volume in which Latina women of African descent share their stories. The authors included are from all over Latin America-Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela-and the United States. They write about the African diaspora and issues such as colonialism, oppression and disenfranchisement. Diva Moreira, a Brazilian, writes that she experienced racism and humiliation at a very young age. The worst experience, she remembers, was her mother's bosses' conviction that Diva didn't need to go to school after the fourth grade, "because blacks don't need to study more than that."

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Publication date: 4/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 233
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Historical


Afro-Venezuelan Cimarronas: Desde Adentro



Carrera de una Cimarrona



Personal


Bodies and Memories: Afro-Latina Identities in Motion



Memories of a Black Woman Activist



Black Girls Ride Tricycles Too: Thoughts from the Identities of an Afro-descendent and Feminist Woman



Afro-Boricua: Nuyorican de Pura Cepa



Where the Heart Is: Family, Work and my Binational Life as a Black Brazilian Scholar



A Jane Doe



Personal Contemporary


The Whispers of the Ancestors: Development of a Black, Proud, Panamanian Voice



La Encrucijada/The Crossroads: Where Roots Grow Again



A Life Spirals: Journeys of an Afro-Latina Activist



Fatal Conquests: Racial Imposition in Puerto Rico



Frente al siglo Nuevo



Un mundo sin miedo



Medium: A Meditation for Diaspora Daughters



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