Compañeras: Latina Lesbians (An Anthology), Lesbianas Latinoamericanas

Compañeras: Latina Lesbians (An Anthology), Lesbianas Latinoamericanas
Author: Juanita Ramos
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2022-09-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1000653277

Originally published in 1987 and revised in 2004, Compañeras speaks with the voices of Latina lesbians who are puertorriqueñas, chicanas, cubanas, chilenas, hondureñas, brasileñas, colombianas, argentinas, peruanas, costarricenses, mexicanas, ecuatorianas, bolivianas, dominicanas, and nicaragüenses; women who met to speak about what it implies to be both Latina and lesbian in our communities, whether we live in Latin America or the US. Each time a woman begins to speak, a liberating process begins, one that is unavoidable and has powerful political implications. In these pages we see repeated the process of self-discovery, of affirmation in coming out of the closet, the search for a definition of our identity within the family and our community, the search for answers, for meaning in our personal struggle, and the commitment to a political struggle to end all forms of oppression. The stages of increasing awareness become clear when we begin to recount the story of our lives to someone else, someone who has experienced the same changes. When we write or speak about these changes, we establish our experience as valid and real, we begin to analyze, and that analysis gives us the necessary perspective to place our lives in a context where we know what to do next. Compañeras becomes an instrument of unity, a political tool. Compañeras habla a través de la voz de lesbianas latinoamericanas, chicanas, puertorriqueñas, cubanas, chilenas, hondureñas, brasileñas, colombianas, argentinas, peruanas, costarricense, mexicanas, ecuatorianas, bolivianas, dominicanas, y nicaragüenses; mujeresque se encontraron para hablar sobre lo que significa en nuestra comunidad ser ambas cosas, latinoamericanas y lesbianas, sea que vivamos en América Latina o en los Estados Unidos. Cada vez que una mujer comienza a hablar, comienza el proceso de liberación; es algo inevitable que tiene implicaciones politicas ponderosas. En estas paginas vemos repetido nuestro propio proceso de descubrimiento, la afirmación al asumirnos ante los demás, la búsqueda de una definición de identidad dentro de la familia y de nuestra comunidad, la búsqueda de repuestas significativas a las muchas personales y el compromise en la lucha politica para acabar con toda forma de opresión. Las etapas de crecimiento o de desarrollo de nuestra conciencia se hacen claras cuando comenzamos a reecontar la historia de nuestras vidas en alguien más, alguien que ha experimentado los mismos cambios. Cuando hablamos sobre estos cambios afirmamos nuestra experienca como válida y real, y ese análisis nos da la perspectiva necesaria para colocar neustras vidas dentro de un context que nos permita saber cuál es el próximo paso que temenos que dar. Compañeras viene a ser un instrument de unidad, una herramienta politica.

Compañeras

Compañeras
Author: Juanita Ramos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2004
Genre: American literature
ISBN:

Compañeras, Latina Lesbians

Compañeras, Latina Lesbians
Author: Juanita Ramos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1987
Genre: American literature
ISBN:

This is a collection of oral histories, essays, poems, short stories and art work by and about Latina lesbians. In these pieces, some in Spanish, most in English, 47 women born in ten different countries address issues such as coming out, relationships with families and friends, political organizing and community-building.

Compañeras

Compañeras
Author: Juanita Ramos
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1994
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780415909266

Companeras is a collection of oral histories, essays, poems, short stories and art work by and about Latina 'esbians. In these pieces, some in Spanish, most in English, forty seven women born in ten different countries address issues such as coming out, relationships with families and friends, political organizing and community building. Latina women speak about what it means to be lesbian in their communites. They explore the process of self-commitment to a political struggle to end all forms of oppression. They offer a moving testimony that helps to break the silence surrounding the lives and opinions of Latina lesbians.

Chicana Lesbians

Chicana Lesbians
Author: Carla Trujillo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1991
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Literary Nonfiction. LGBT Studies. "CHICANA LESBIANS is a love poem, a bible, a dictionary, nothing so simple as a manifesto--this book is yet another reason to believe--to believe in the girls our mothers warned us about, brown girls, lesbians, making their own love poems, bibles, dictionaries, manifestoes, reasons to believe."--Dorothy Allison "When I was selling books at a Chicana conference, I noticed book buyers were literally afraid to touch this anthology. I say now what I said then, 'Don't be scared. Sexuality is not contagious, but ignorance is.' If you've ever been curious, been there, been voyeur, been tourist, or just plain under-informed, misinformed, or unaffirmed, here is a book to listen to and learn from".--Sandra Cisneros

The Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Modern England

The Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Modern England
Author: Valerie Traub
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2002-06-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780521448857

The Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Modern England is the eagerly-awaited study by the feminist scholar who was among the first to address the issue of early modern female homoeroticism. Valerie Traub analyzes the representation of female-female love, desire and eroticism in a range of early modern discourses, including poetry, drama, visual arts, pornography and medicine. Contrary to the silence and invisibility typically ascribed to lesbianism in the Renaissance, Traub argues that the early modern period witnessed an unprecedented proliferation of representations of such desire. By means of sophisticated interpretations of a comprehensive set of texts, the book not only charts a crucial shift in representations of female homoeroticism over the course of the seventeenth century, but also offers a provocative genealogy of contemporary lesbianism. A contribution to the history of sexuality and to feminist and queer theory, the book addresses current theoretical preoccupations through the lens of historical inquiry.

Gender, Ethnicity, and the State

Gender, Ethnicity, and the State
Author: Juanita Diaz-Cotto
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1996-04-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1438401140

Gender, Ethnicity, and the State is a study of Latina and Latino prisoners in New York State. Through the use of two case studies, it compares the organizing strategies for reform pursued by Latina and Latino prisoners between 1970 and 1987, the support they received from non-Latina(o) prisoners and third parties, and the response of penal personnel to their calls for support. The work also contains information on Latino prisoner participation and community response to both the 1971 Attica Rebellion and the 1970 New York City jail rebellions. The data for this study was compiled through a combination of primary and secondary sources. Primary sources include in-depth interviews and oral histories conducted with Latina(o) and African-American ex-prisoners, prisoners' rights attorneys, community activists, and penal staff. Other primary sources include prisoner and mainstream English and Spanish language newspapers; prisoners' rights newsletters; court cases; and government and private organizational reports.

Latina Lesbian Writers and Artists

Latina Lesbian Writers and Artists
Author: María Dolores Costa
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2003
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 1560232781

A-to-Z overview of modern Latina lesbian authors and performers in the United States, Latin America, and Spain. This book has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Lesbian Studies, volume 7, number 3 (2003).

Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures

Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures
Author: George Haggerty
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 919
Release: 1999
Genre: Gay culture
ISBN: 0815333544

Beginning in 1869, when the study of homosexuality can be said to have begun with the establishment of sexology, this Encyclopedia offers accounts of the most important international developments in an area that now occupies a critical place in many fields of academic endeavours. While gays and lesbians have shared many aspects of life, their histories and cultures developed in profoundly different ways. To reflect this crucial fact, the Encyclopedia has been prepared in two separate volumes assuring that both histories receive full, unbiased attention and that a broad range of human experience is covered. Written by some of the most famous names in the field, as well as new researchers this is intended as a reference for students and scholars in all areas of study, as well as the general public.

Immigrant Women

Immigrant Women
Author: Maxine Seller
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780791419038

Immigrant Women combines memoirs, diaries, oral history, and fiction to present an authentic and emotionally compelling record of women's struggles to build new lives in a new land. This new edition has been expanded to include additional material on recent Asian and Hispanic immigration and an updated bibliography.