Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity
Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity is an exploration of Latinas on the periphery of both Latina culture and mainstream culture in the United States. Whether they are deliberately rejected or whether they choose to reject sexist, classist, or racist practices within their cultures, the subjects of these articles, essays, short fiction, poems, testimonios, and visual art demonstrate the value of their experience. Ultimately, the outsider experience influences what the larger culture adopts, demonstrating that a different perspective is key to remaking Latina identity. Outside perspectives include those of queer, indigenous, Afro-Latina, activist, and differently-abled individuals.
By challenging stereotypes and revealing the diverse range of narratives that make up the Latina experience, Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity will expand and deepen notions of the Latina identity for students and researchers of Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Grisel Y. Acosta is an associate professor at the City University of New YorkBronx Community College, and teaches Latinx literature and creative writing. Her work is in the American Studies Journal, African American Womens Language, The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature (2013), and VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.
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Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity
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Grisel Y. Acosta
First published 2019
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For Vincent, my partner on the periphery.
I also dedicate this to my parents, Samuel y Yolanda, rebellious outsiders themselves.
Contents
GRISEL Y. ACOSTA
GRISEL Y. ACOSTA
ALEXANDER LALAMA
CAROLINA HINOJOSA-CISNEROS
CONNIE PERTUZ-MEZA
TONI MARGARITA PLUMMER
IRENE M. SNCHEZ
VERONICA SANDOVAL
GRISEL Y. ACOSTA
SARAH DOWMAN
SARAH PARUOLO
GRISEL Y. ACOSTA
LUIS LOPEZ-MALDONADO
NANCY MERCADO
MELISSA HUERTA
STEPHANIE JIMENEZ
STEPHANIE LATERZA
CARMEN GIMNEZ SMITH
KRISTEN MILLARES YOUNG
MONIQUE GUISHARD
CATHRYN MERLA-WATSON
M. SOLEDAD CABALLERO
ANALICIA SOTELO
ALINE MELLO
ANNA PADILLA-DAVIS
JESSICA N. PABN-COLN
GLORIA RODRIGUEZ
VANESSA BASHI ALVISO
ANGELA MELISSA GONZLEZ GARTELMAN
JIOVANNA L. PREZ
NOVA GUTIERREZ
JOANMARIS CUELLO
ANALICIA SOTELO
VERONICA ANNE SALINAS
GRISEL Y. ACOSTA
DIANA DAZ
NANCY MNDEZ-BOOTH
JANE GABRIELS
NAIDA SAAVEDRA
CLAUDIA RODRIGUEZ
GRISEL Y. ACOSTA
Grisel Y. Acosta is an associate professor at the City University of New YorkBronx Community College, and teaches Latinx literature and creative writing. Her work is in the American Studies Journal, African American Womens Language, The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature (2013), and VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.
Vanessa Bashi Alviso began writing poetry as a young teen to deal with the effects of early childhood trauma. In 2002, she was introduced to the art of Spoken Word Poetry as a high school student. After that, she began writing her poetry for the stage, as well as the page. Her work covers themes of love, heartbreak, barrio life, being a chola living with mental illness, revenge, and the struggle to be true to oneself.
M. Soledad Caballeros is professor of English at Allegheny College. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Missouri Review, Mississippi Review, the Iron Horse Literary Review, Memorius, the Crab Orchard Review, and Anomaly. Her scholarly work focuses on British romanticism, travel writing, post-colonial literatures, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), and interdisciplinarity.
Joanmaris Cuello is an honors student at Bronx Community College who has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA. She plans on continuing her studies in the social sciences. Cuello was a featured reader at a Lehman College creative writing event, highlighting the work of students and professors.
Diana Daz is a Nuyorican writer and producer. Her creative nonfiction appears in Red Wheel Barrow and in A Cup of Comfort for Mothers to Be. Daz is the editor of Kevin Cole: Straight from the Soul, and her article Nuyoricans in Film appears in The Encyclopedia of Latino Culture, From Calaveras to Quinceaeras. She co-produced El Barrio Remembers Piri: Down These Mean Streets, 45 Years Later
