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Fleshing the spirit : spirituality and activism in Chicana, Latina, and indigenous women's lives / edited by Elisa Facio and Irene Lara.

Contributor(s): Facio, Elisa | Lara, Irene
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Tucson, Ariz. : The University of Arizona Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xxiii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780816530977 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0816530971 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Hispanic American women -- Religious life | Indian women -- Religious life | Women -- Religious life | Spiritual life | Spirituality | Social justiceDDC classification: 204.082 LOC classification: BL625.7 | .F556 2014Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The East: new beginnings -- The East / Cinthya Martinez -- Writing with crooked lines / Laura E. Pérez -- Toward a spiritual pedagogy along the borderlands / Maria Figueroa -- Spiritual roots of Chicana feminist borderland pedagogies: a spiritual journey with Tonantzin/Guadalupe / C. Alejandra Elenes -- Spirit journey: "home" as a site for healing and transformation / Elisa Facio -- The West: feminine energies -- Queeranderismo / Berenice Dimas -- Methodologies of the spirit: reclaiming Our Lady of Guadalupe and discovering Tonantzin within and beyond the nepantla of academia / Brenda Sendejo -- Saints in the Cuban heat / Oliva M. Espín -- Sensing the serpent in the mother, dando a luz la madre serpiente: Chicana spirituality, sexuality, and mamihood / Irene Lara -- The North: the direction of the elders -- Sacrificios / Felicia Montes -- Chicana in the Zendo: love and power on the spiritual path / Alicia Enciso Litschi -- "Pero tu no crees en dios": negotiating spirituality, family, and community / Michelle Téllez -- Healing introspections: reaching inside and reconstructing myself / Rosa María Hernández Juárez -- Nepantla spirituality: my path to the source(s) of healing / Lara Medina -- The South: the direction of youth -- The woman within / Sarahi Nuñez-Mejia -- Creosote and lavender / Angelita Borbón -- Coming full circle / Beatriz Villegas/Ilhuicatlahuili-Bea -- Living la vida santa: my Chicana spirituality and activist scholarship / Norma E. Cantú -- Anatomy of learning: yauhtli, peyotzin, tobacco, and maguey / Patrisia Gonzales.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. The East: new beginnings -- The East / Cinthya Martinez -- Writing with crooked lines / Laura E. Pérez -- Toward a spiritual pedagogy along the borderlands / Maria Figueroa -- Spiritual roots of Chicana feminist borderland pedagogies: a spiritual journey with Tonantzin/Guadalupe / C. Alejandra Elenes -- Spirit journey: "home" as a site for healing and transformation / Elisa Facio -- Part 2. The West: feminine energies -- Queeranderismo / Berenice Dimas -- Methodologies of the spirit: reclaiming Our Lady of Guadalupe and discovering Tonantzin within and beyond the nepantla of academia / Brenda Sendejo -- Saints in the Cuban heat / Oliva M. Espín -- Sensing the serpent in the mother, dando a luz la madre serpiente: Chicana spirituality, sexuality, and mamihood / Irene Lara -- Part 3. The North: the direction of the elders -- Sacrificios / Felicia Montes -- Chicana in the Zendo: love and power on the spiritual path / Alicia Enciso Litschi -- "Pero tu no crees en dios": negotiating spirituality, family, and community / Michelle Téllez -- Healing introspections: reaching inside and reconstructing myself / Rosa María Hernández Juárez -- Nepantla spirituality: my path to the source(s) of healing / Lara Medina -- Part 4. The South: the direction of youth -- The woman within / Sarahi Nuñez-Mejia -- Creosote and lavender / Angelita Borbón -- Coming full circle / Beatriz Villegas/Ilhuicatlahuili-Bea -- Living la vida santa: my Chicana spirituality and activist scholarship / Norma E. Cantú -- Anatomy of learning: yauhtli, peyotzin, tobacco, and maguey / Patrisia Gonzales.

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