This Bridge We Call Communication (eBook)

Anzalduan Approaches to Theory, Method, and Praxis

Robert Gutierrez-Perez, Leandra Hinojosa Hernandez (Herausgeber)

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2019
406 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5879-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This co-edited collection explores contemporary research studies, performative writing, poetry, Latina/o studies, and gender studies through the lens of Gloria Anzaldúa’s theories, methods, and concepts. These concepts include borderlands theories, nepantla, mestiza consciousness, the Coyolxauhqui Imperative, conocimiento, and spirituality.

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This Bridge We Call Communication: Anzaldan Approaches to Theory, Method, and Praxis explores contemporary communication research studies, performative writing, poetry, Latina/o studies, and gender studies through the lens of Gloria Anzalda's theories, methods, and concepts. Utilizing different methodologies and approachestestimonio, performative writing, and interpretive, rhetorical, and critical methodologiesthe contributors provide original research on contexts including healing and pain, woundedness, identity, Chicana and black feminisms, and experiences in academia.

Autor

Leandra H. Hernández is independent scholar and teaches communication courses at National University, Trident University International, and the University of Houston.Robert Gutierrez-Perez is assistant professor of culture and communication in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Inhalt

Part I: Healing the Wounds: (Re)imagining Borderlands TheoryChapter 1: “Using Testimonios to Untame Our Silent Tongues: Exploring our Experiences of Child Sexual Abuse Through an Anzaldúan Perspective,”Nivea CastañedaChapter 2: “Testimonio as a Queer Puente for Healing,” Manuel Alejandro Pérez“Make America Great Again,”Robert Gutierrez-PerezChapter 3: “Fronteras Toxicas: Toward a Borderland Ecological Consciousness,”Carlos Tarin“Dolores,”Masha Sukovic Part II: The Coyolxauhqui Imperative: Health Communication, Disability Studies, Pain, and HealingChapter 4: “Facing Tlahtlacolli (Microaggressions) with Nepantla and Conocimiento: A Xicana Epistemological Approach,”Sarah Amira de la GarzaChapter 5: “A Letter to My Hija: Anzaldúa’s Coyolxauhqui Imperative, Your Bisabuela’s Withering Body, and the Life-Affirming Possibilities of Woundedness,”Luis Manuel AndradeChapter 6: “I take something from both worlds”: An Anzaldúan Analysis of Mexican-American Women’s Conceptualizations of Ethnic Identity,”Leandra Hinojosa HernándezPart III: Theorizing Nepantla: Creative Ethnographies on the Path of ConocimientoChapter 7: “Communicating Nepantla: An Anzaldúan Theory of Identity,”Sarah De Los Santos UptonChapter 8: “Between Worlds: A Personal Journey of Self-reflection While on the Path of Conocimiento,”Edmundo M. AguilarChapter 9: “Remembering Gloria Anzaldúa Globally Through A Documentary Altar: ALTAR Cruzando Fronteras, Building Bridges,”Diana I. BowenPart IV: Critical/Cultural Rhetorics of Ambiguity and HybridityChapter 10: “Sweetening the Pot: Culinary Adventures in Hybridity,”Stephanie L. Gomez“La Dueña de la Casa,”Masha SukovicChapter 11: “A Tolerance for Ambiguity or the American Dream: Using Anzaldúa to Disrupt and Reclaim Latina Lives from Multicultural Feminism,”Sara Baugh-Harris and Bernadette Marie CalafellPart V: Women of Color and Radical Coalition Building“Whispers in the Dark: A Collection of Poems,”Shantel MartinezChapter 12: “Black Women and Girls Trending: A New(er) Autohistoria-Teoría,”Tara L. Conley Chapter 13: “Rasquache Cyborgs and Borderlands Aesthetics in Alex Rivera’s Sleep Dealer,”Alexandrina AgloroChapter 14: “Gloria Anzaldúa, Audre Lorde, & Topographies of Anger,”Rachel Alicia Griffin Part VI: Anzaldúan Approaches to Critical (Communication) Pedagogy“I Get It from My Mother,”Robert Gutierrez-PerezChapter 15: “Building Community, Decolonizing Spirituality, and Women of Color Feminism: Applying Gloria Anzaldúa in and out of the Classroom for Healing and Empowerment,”Xamuel BañalesChapter 16: “Carrying Gloria on My Back: A Pedagogic and Research Journal,”Luis Gabriel Sanchez RoseChapter 17: “A Crack to Speak Out From: Performing Coalitional Politics Through Dialogue, Listening, and Reflexivity,”Robert Gutierrez-Perez and Bedilia Ramirez Chapter 18: “Becoming a Bridge in/through Critical Communication Scholarship:Meditations on the Affective Afterlife of Cultural Normativities,”Gust A. Yep

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.1.2019
• Co-Autor: Alexandrina Agloro, Sarah Amira de la Garza, Stephanie L. Gomez, Rachel Alicia Griffin, Robert Gutierrez-Perez, Leandra Hinojosa Hernandez, Shantel Martinez, Manuel Alejandro Perez, Bedilia Ramirez, Luis Gabriel Sanchez Rose, Masha Shukovich, Edmundo M. Aguilar, Carlos A. Tarin, Sarah Upton, Gust Yep, Luis M. Andrade, Xamuel Banales, Sara Baugh-Harris, Diana I. Bowen, Bernadette Marie Calafell, Nivea Castaneda, Tara L. Conley
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: borderlands theories • Chicana feminisms • Communication • Communication Studies • conocimiento • Feminism • Gender Studies • Gloria Anzaldúa • Latin American literature • Latin American poetry • Latin American Studies • Literary Studies • mestiza consciousness • Nepantla • Poetry • relationship studies • women's studies
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-5879-8 / 1498558798
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-5879-2 / 9781498558792