Emma Pérez discusses the historical methodology which has created Chicano history. Borrowing from theorists and philosophers of history, she argues that the Chicano historical narrative has often omitted gender.
“You will never know how it feels to have brown skin and a Mexican name. You will never know what it is like to watch your mother struggle with white words.” In this collection of prose pieces, author and scholar Emma Perez explores the intersection of race, class, gender and sexuality. A Chicanx queer lesbian “who honors my mother and her plight within patriarchal institutions” that limit women’s choices and opportunities, Perez writes about issues—including sexual politics and power relations between Anglo and Hispanic men—that have impacted her Tejano family for generations. A historian by training, her work aims to decolonize the Southwest by uncovering voices from the past that validate multiple experiences. Essays reveal the influence of Gloria Anzaldua’s scholarship; recount the controversy surrounding artist Alma Lopez’s digital print, “Our Lady,” in which the Virgin of Guadalupe appears in a provocative bikini; and evaluate interviews with 25 LGBTQ people in the El Paso/Ciudad Juarez area to expose life on the border as a queer of color. This collection also includes short fiction and an epistolary love poem to the first feminist of the Americas, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, or in this case, Sor Juanx. Bringing together the work of a noted Chicanx writer and academic, this volume reinforces the body of work by LGBTQ people of color dealing with racism and sexism, conquest and colonization, power and privilege, all with a particular emphasis on the Southwest borderlands.
Imprisoned by the totalitarian government, Dr. Benito Espinoza practices for his weekly interrogations by recounting his story to his thirteen-year-old daughter. He tells her about turning his back on his ability to shift his gender from male to female—to Alejandra—to become a scholar in the Grand Library. Most academics are Residents who inherited their seats and believe Descendants like Ben don’t have the intellectual ability to be a person of letters. Ben conforms to the laws against transmuting, so he manages to secure a place in the library. His life’s purpose is to prove Descendants are as capable as Residents. But an encounter with a clever, beautiful Descendant leads to his unwitting participation in the rebellion against the Impresario and his White Guards. Soon the shifter is involved with the Rebels, trying to save a younger generation of Descendants and shifters from the horrific experiments and violence perpetrated against them. In a non-linear narrative in which “time is false,” author and scholar Emma Perez offers a fascinating speculative novel about alternate histories, while pondering race, discrimination and transgender people.
Megan Rapinoe, ganadora de una medalla de oro olímpica y dos veces campeona de la Copa Mundial Femenina, se ha convertido en una fuerza impulsora del cambio social. En este libro, nos pide a todos nosotros que tomemos el relevo para continuar la lucha por la justicia y la igualdad. Profundamente personal e inspirador, One Life revela que el cambio real y concreto está dentro de todos nosotros, y por ello nos lanza una pregunta: Todos contamos con el mismo recurso, esta vida tan preciada, conformada por las decisiones que tomamos a diario... Así que, ¿qué vas a hacer tú? «Una memoria inspiradora que emocionará a los fanáticos del fútbol y a los activistas por la justicia social.» KIRKUS «One Life deja claro que los mayores logros de Rapinoe puede que estén fuera del campo de fútbol. Es un nuevo tipo de heroína americana.» SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE «Es la combinación de importantes logros deportivos y el activismo iconoclasta por la justicia social lo que hace a Rapinoe única como atleta y ahora como autora.» OUT SPORTS «Megan Rapinoe no está rompiendo el techo de cristal, lo está destrozando, y todo ello mientras comparte su espacio con los que están al margen.» PATRISSE KHAN-CULLORS, COFUNDADORA DE BLACK LIVES MATTER «Un manifiesto de cómo tener un corazón que late mientras se es una bestia en el campo.» NATALIE PORTMAN
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Emma Pérez discusses the historical methodology which has created Chicano history. Borrowing from theorists and philosophers of history, she argues that the Chicano historical narrative has often omitted gender.
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