Dialogues across diasporas : women writers, scholars, and activists of Africana and Latina descent in conversation / edited by Marion Rohrleitner and Sarah E. Ryan.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-268) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Diasporic Debates: Exploring the Dynamics of Gender, Race, and Migration -- 1."Harvesting" Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Zora Neale Hurston's Literary (Dis)Articulation of Being / Myriam J. A. Chancy -- 2.Not in Our Mother's Image: Ekphrasis and Challenges to Recovering Afro-Mestizaje in Contemporary Latina/Chicana Historical Fiction / Marion Rohrleitner -- 3.Male Wives, Female Husbands: Immigration, Gender, and Home in Calixthe Beyala's Le Petit Prince de Belleville and Maman a un Amant / Ayo Abietou Coly -- 4.Embodied Translation: Dominant Discourse and Communication with Migrant Bodies-as-Text / Karma R. Chavez -- 2.Diasporic Dances: Performing Language, History, and Community -- 5.In Tongues-The Trouble Inside Language: Imag[e]ining Presence / Olumide Popoola -- 6.A Freedom Stolen / Yvette Christianse -- 7.Reading Yvette Christianse: Reflections from a Border Scholar-Activist / Kathleen Staudt -- 8.Pin-Stripe Alley / Nelly Rosario -- 9.A Box of Chocolates / Angie Cruz -- 10.The Sun Once Again Sings to the People / Ana-Maurine Lara -- 11."Talking Tagalog" and "The Eyes Open to a Cry" / Sasha Pimentel Chacon -- 3.Diasporic Doings: Celebrating Community Activism in the Americas and Beyond -- 12.An Afro-Mestizo Tamal: Remembering a Sensory and Sacred Encounter / Meredith E. Abarca -- 13.Recovering Afro-Mestiza Identities: A Borderlands Classroom / Selfa Chew -- 14.Discourses of Deference: Women and Submission in the Nigerian Diaspora / Veronica Savory McComb -- 15.Catherine Mary Ajizinga Chipembere of Malawi: Living an Extraordinary Life / Natasha Gordon-Chipembere -- 16.Luchando, Rimando, Sacando, Pintando: Young Female Artist Collectives in Ciudad Juarez / Gabriela Duran Barraza -- 17.Constrained Activism: National Agendas versus Local Activities in Non-governmental Organizations Serving Diasporic Women / Milena Simoes Murta.
Series:
Critical Africana studies: African, African American, and Caribbean interdisciplinary and intersectional studies
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