Shapeshifting subjects : Gloria Anzaldúa's naguala and border arte /

Scholars have long cited Gloria Anzaldúa to make or support claims about selfhood. But many people overlook her emphasis on la naguala and her cutting-edge contribution to subjectivity. Kelli D. Zaytoun draws on Anzaldúa's thought to present a radically inclusive and expansive approach to selfh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zaytoun, Kelli D., 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022].
Series:Transformations (University of Illinois).
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Toward a radically relational consciousness
  • La naguala in theory and practice
  • "An artist in the sense of a shaman": border arte as decolonial practice
  • Connections with Arab American feminism
  • "Reaching through the wound to connect": trauma and healing as shapeshifting
  • Toward new potentials of imagination.