Women Writing Resistance : Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean

Essays on Latinx and Caribbean identity and on globalization by renowned women writers, including Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, and Jamaica Kincaid Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean gathers the voices of sixteen acclaimed writer-activists for a one-of-a-kind collection. Through poetry and essays, writers from the Anglophone, Hispanic, and Francophone Caribbean, including Puertorriqueñas and Cubanas, grapple with their hybrid American political identities. Gloria Anzaldúa , the founder of Chicana queer theory; Rigoberta Menchú , the first Indigenous person to win a Nobel Peace Prize; and Michelle Cliff , a searing and poignant chronicler of colonialism and racism, among many others, highlight how women can collaborate across class, race, and nationality to lead a new wave of resistance against neoliberalism, patriarchy, state terrorism, and white supremacy. Through Poetry And Essays, Writers From The Anglophone, Hispanic, And Francophone Caribbean, Including Puertorriquenas And Cubanas, Grapple With Their Hybrid American Political Identities -- Provided By Publisher. Women Writing Resistance: Essays On Latin America And The Caribbean Gathers The Voices Of Sixteen Acclaimed Writer-activists For A One-of-a-kind Collection. Through Poetry And Essays, Writers From The Anglophone, Hispanic, And Francophone Caribbean, Including Puertorriqueñas And Cubanas, Grapple With Their Hybrid American Political Identities. Gloria Anzaldúa, The Founder Of Chicana Queer Theory; Rigoberta Menchú, The First Indigenous Person To Win A Nobel Peace Prize; And Michelle Cliff, A Searing And Poignant Chronicler Of Colonialism And Racism, Among Many Others, Highlight How Women Can Collaborate Across Class, Race, And Nationality To Lead A New Wave Of Resistance Against Neoliberalism, Patriarchy, State Terrorism, And White Supremacy. -- Provided By Publisher. Part One. Re-envisioning History: Revision / Aurora Levins Morales -- We Are Ugly, But We Are Here / Edwidge Danticat -- The Silent Witness / Raquel Partnoy -- And What Would It Be Like? / Michelle Cliff -- Everything I Kept: Reflections Of An Anthropoeta / Ruth Behar -- The Dream Of Nunca Mas: Healing The Wounds / Emma Sepulveda -- Part Two. The Politics Of Language And Identity:speaking In Tongues: A Letter To Third World Women Writers / Gloria Anzaldua -- Las Aeious / Ruth Irupe Sanabria -- Art In America Con Acento / Cherrie Moraga -- The Myth Of The Latin Woman / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- The Quincentenary Conference And The Earth Summit, 1992 / Rigoberta Menchu -- Part Three. Strategies Of Resistance: A Small Place / Jamaica Kincaid -- One Precious Moment / Margaret Randall -- On Being Shorter: How Our Testimonial Texts Defy The Academy / Alicia Partnoy -- Death In The Desert: The Women Of Ciudad Juarez / Marjorie Agosin -- I Came To Help: Resistance Writ Small / Julia Alvarez -- Afterword: No Pare, Sigue Sigue: Refilling The Resistance Well / Veronica Chambers Edited By Jennifer Browdy. Includes Bibliographical References. Annotation Eighteen women, including Jamaica Kincaid, Rigoberta Menchú, Cherríe Moraga, Marjorie Agosin, Margaret Randall, Gloria Anzaldúa, Michelle Cliff, Edwidge Danticat, and Julia Alvarez, are featured in this powerful anthology on art, feminism, and activism in Latin America and the Caribbean. Women Writing Resistance highlights Latin American and Caribbean women writers who, with increasing urgency, are writing in the service of social justice and against the entrenched patriarchal, racist, and exploitative regimes that have ruled their countries. Many of the women in this collection have been thrust out into the Latino-Caribbean diaspora by violent forces that make differences in language and culture seem less significant than connections based on resistance to inequality and oppression. It is these connections that Women Writing Resistance highlights, presenting "conversations" on the potential of writing to confront injustice. This mixed-genre anthology, a resource for activists and readers of Latin American and Caribbean women’s literature, demonstrates and enacts how women can collaborate across class, race and nationality, and illustrates the value of this solidarity in the ongoing struggles for human rights and social justice in the Americas. Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez earned her Ph.D. in comparative literature from New York University, specializing in contemporary Caribbean, Latin American, and ethnic North American autobiographies by women. She teaches literature and gender studies courses at Simon’s Rock College of Bard, and is also a faculty member at the University at Albany, SUNY. Essays on Latinx and Caribbean identity and on globalization by renowned women writers, including Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, and Jamaica Kincaid Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean gathers the voices of sixteen acclaimed writer-activists for a one-of-a-kind collection. Through poetry and essays, writers from the Anglophone, Hispanic, and Francophone Caribbean, including Puertorriquenas and Cubanas, grapple with their hybrid American political identities. Gloria Anzaldua , the founder of Chicana queer theory; Rigoberta Menchu , the first Indigenous person to win a Nobel Peace Prize; and Michelle Cliff , a searing and poignant chronicler of colonialism and racism, among many others, highlight how women can collaborate across class, race, and nationality to lead a new wave of resistance against neoliberalism, patriarchy, state terrorism, and white supremacy.