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analysis of decolonial artwork
archival materials
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ceremony
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cultural memory
curandera
de-Indianization
de-tribalized Xicanx
decolonization
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diaspora
diasporic Mesoamerican knowledges rooted in traditional medicine
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genealogy of queer Indigena cultural producers
Gloria Anzaldua
intergenerational remembering
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lesbians of color
limpia
matriarchal roots
methodologies of transformation
oral history interviews
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queer archive
raised ceremonial altars
remembering as methodology
root work
softlaunch
spirit praxis
spirit research
theorizing as sacred
third world feminist politics
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
visual narratives
visual prayers
women of color feminisms
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- ISBN 9780252086601
- Weight: 313g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 09 Aug 2022
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Acts of remembering offer a path to decolonization for Indigenous peoples forcibly dislocated from their culture, knowledge, and land. Susy J. Zepeda highlights the often overlooked yet intertwined legacies of Chicana feminisms and queer decolonial theory through the work of select queer IndÍgena cultural producers and thinkers. By tracing the ancestries and silences of gender-nonconforming people of color, she addresses colonial forms of epistemic violence and methods of transformation, in particular spirit research. Zepeda also uses archival materials, raised ceremonial altars, and analysis of decolonial artwork in conjunction with oral histories to explore the matriarchal roots of Chicana/x and Latina/x feminisms. As she shows, these feminisms are forms of knowledge that people can remember through Indigenous-centered visual narratives, cultural wisdom, and spirit practices.
A fascinating exploration of hidden IndÍgena histories and silences, Queering Mesoamerican Diasporas blends scholarship with spirit practices to reimagine the root work, dis/connection to land, and the political decolonization of Xicana/x peoples.
Susy J. Zepeda is an assistant professor of Chicana/o studies at the University of California, Davis.
