Spiritual Mestizaje: Religion, Gender, Race, and Nation in Contemporary Chicana Narrative

by Theresa Delgadillo

Book Overview

Gloria Anzaldúa's narrative and theoretical innovations, particularly her concept of mestiza consciousness, have influenced critical thinking about colonialism, gender, history, language, religion, sexuality, spirituality, and subjectivity. Yet Anzaldúa's theory of spiritual mestizaje has not been extensively studied until now. Taking up that task, Theresa Delgadillo reveals spiritual mestizaje as central to the queer feminist Chicana theorist's life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822350467
• ISBN13: 9780822350460
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"