The wound and the stitch : a genealogy of the female body from medieval Iberia to SoCal Chicanx art / Loretta Victoria Ramirez.
| Author/creator | Ramirez, Loretta Victoria author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2024] |
| Description | xix, 235 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Genealogy of the female body from medieval Iberia to SoCal Chicanx art |
| Series | The RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric. ^A1368648 |
| Contents | Introduction : the wound and the stitch -- The rhetorical wound. Cherríe Moraga's rhetoric of fragmentation and semi-ness ; Woundedness as decolonial rhetoric -- The inflicted wound. Biopolitics and "crying wounds" in No más bebés ; Border-patrolling Chicana bodies and wound theory as resistance -- The generative wound. Reading wounds (from right to left) to reclaim Mexica cosmologies ; The art of the generative wound (from container to co-redemptrix) -- Conclusion : the linguistic wound and stitch pedagogy. |
| Abstract | "Traces a historical genealogy of imagery and language centered on the concept of woundedness and the stitching together of fragmented selves in Chicanx self-representation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-223) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Ramirez, Loretta Victoria. Wound and the stitch. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2024] 9780271098548 |
| LCCN | 2023055332 |
| ISBN | 9780271097275 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0271097272 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780271097282 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0271097280 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | New Books | NX512.3 .M4 R36 2024 | ✔ Available | Want This? |