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“Learning to Live Without Black Familia: Cherríe Moraga’s Nationalist Articulations” in Tortilleras: Hispanic and Latina Lesbian Expression, 240-257

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“Learning to Live Without Black Familia: Cherríe Moraga’s Nationalist Articulations” in Tortilleras: Hispanic and Latina Lesbian Expression, 240-257

The first anthology to focus exclusively on queer readings of Spanish, Latin American, and US Latina lesbian literature and culture, Tortilleras interrogates issues of gender, national identity, race, ethnicity and class to show the impossibility of projecting a singular Hispanic or Latina Lesbian. Examining carefully the works of a range of lesbian writers and performance artists, including Carmelita Tropicana and Christina Peri Rossi, among others, the contributors create a picture of the complicated and multi-textured contributions of Latina and Hispanic lesbians to literature and culture. More than simply describing this sphere of creativity, the contributors also recover from history the long, veiled existence of this world, exposing its roots, its impact on lesbian culture, and, making the power of lesbian performance and literature visible.

About the Author

Christina Sharpe is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies in the Humanities at York University.

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