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Dialogues across Diasporas: Women Writers, Scholars, and Activists of Africana and Latina Descent in Conversation

Dialogues across Diasporas: Women Writers, Scholars, and Activists of Africana and Latina Descent in Conversation

Abarca, Meredith E.
Rohrleitner, Marion
Ryan, Sarah E.

Paperback

Series: Critical Africana Studies

Black American StudiesLatino StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1498511600
ISBN13: 9781498511605
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Feb 26 2015
Pages: 302
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Dialogues Across Diasporas focuses on the shared historical legacies of members of the Africana and Latina diasporas, and the cultural impact of the African diaspora in the Americas. This book seeks to emphasize connections rather than divisions among different migratory ethnic communities via a reconfiguration of borders and ethnic identities. This collection of essays has three major goals: first, to foreground shared themes and strategies in the literary productions of women of Africana and Latina/o descent; second, to highlight the importance of the arts for community activism within shared diasporic spaces; and third, to illustrate the potential of artistic and activist collaborations among women from both groups across disciplinary, political, national, and ethnic divides. Dialogues across Diasporas is divided into three sections. The first section provides a theoretical overview of diasporic migrations, politics, and identities. It argues that diverse diasporas can unite around shared political and cultural experiences such as converting contested spaces into communities and resisting rhetorics of exclusion. The second section demonstrates the diverse ways in which migratory women and daughters of the diaspora frame their histories, lived experiences, and different forms of knowledge via poetry, short stories, academic essays, and other art forms. The third section focuses on women's activism, suggesting opportunities for collaboration among and between diverse diasporic communities.

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