The South: the direction of youth. Patrisia Gonzales. Norma E. Cantú -- Writing with crooked lines / Laura E. Pérez -- Toward a spiritual pedagogy along the borderlands / Maria Figueroa -- Spiritual roots of Chicana feminist borderland pedagogies: a spiritual journey with Tonantzin/Guadalupe / C. Alejandra Elenes -- Spirit journey: "home" as a site for healing and transformation / Elisa Facio -- The West: feminine energies. Queeranderismo / Berenice Dimas -- Methodologies of the spirit: reclaiming Our Lady of Guadalupe and discovering Tonantzin within and beyond the nepantla of academia / Brenda Sendejo -- Saints in the Cuban heat / Oliva M. Espín -- Sensing the serpent in the mother, dando a luz la madre serpiente: Chicana spirituality, sexuality, and mamihood / Irene Lara -- The North: the direction of the elders. Sacrificios / Felicia Montes -- Chicana in the Zendo: love and power on the spiritual path / Alicia Enciso Litschi -- "Pero tu no crees en dios": negotiating spirituality, family, and community / Michelle Téllez -- Healing introspections: reaching inside and reconstructing myself / Rosa María Hernández Juárez -- Nepantla spirituality: my path to the source(s) of healing / Lara Medina -- The South: the direction of youth. The woman within / Sarahi Nuñez-Mejia -- Creosote and lavender / Angelita Borbón -- Coming full circle / Beatriz Villegas/Ilhuicatlahuili-Bea -- Living la vida santa: my Chicana spirituality and activist scholarship / Norma E. Cantú -- Anatomy of learning: yauhtli, peyotzin, tobacco, and maguey / Patrisia Gonzales.
Summary:
"Fleshing the Spirit brings together established and new writers to explore the relationships between the physical body, the spirit and spirituality, and social justice activism. The anthology incorporates different genres of writing--such as poetry, testimonials, critical essays, and historical analysis--and stimulates the reader to engage spirituality in a critical, personal, and creative way"-- Provided by publisher.
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