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Compańeras: Latina Lesbians (An Anthology), Lesbianas Latinoamericanas: Third Edition/Tercera Edición [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 400 pages, aukštis x plotis: 216x138 mm, weight: 750 g
  • Serija: Routledge Library Editions: Women and Writing
  • Išleidimo metai: 12-Sep-2023
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032335629
  • ISBN-13: 9781032335629
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 400 pages, aukštis x plotis: 216x138 mm, weight: 750 g
  • Serija: Routledge Library Editions: Women and Writing
  • Išleidimo metai: 12-Sep-2023
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032335629
  • ISBN-13: 9781032335629
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Originally published in 1987 and revised in 2004, Compańeras speaks with the voices of Latina lesbians who are puertorriqueńas, chicanas, cubanas, chilenas, hondureńas, brasileńas, colombianas, argentinas, peruanas, costarricenses, mexicanas, ecuatorianas, bolivianas, dominicanas, and nicaragüenses; women who met to speak about what it implies to be both Latina and lesbian in our communities, whether we live in Latin America or the US.

Each time a woman begins to speak, a liberating process begins, one that is unavoidable and has powerful political implications. In these pages we see repeated the process of self-discovery, of affirmation in coming out of the closet, the search for a definition of our identity within the family and our community, the search for answers, for meaning in our personal struggle, and the commitment to a political struggle to end all forms of oppression. The stages of increasing awareness become clear when we begin to recount the story of our lives to someone else, someone who has experienced the same changes. When we write or speak about these changes, we establish our experience as valid and real, we begin to analyze, and that analysis gives us the necessary perspective to place our lives in a context where we know what to do next. Compańeras becomes an instrument of unity, a political tool.

Compańeras habla a través de la voz de lesbianas latinoamericanas, chicanas, puertorriqueńas, cubanas, chilenas, hondureńas, brasileńas, colombianas, argentinas, peruanas, costarricense, mexicanas, ecuatorianas, bolivianas, dominicanas, y nicaragüenses; mujeresque se encontraron para hablar sobre lo que significa en nuestra comunidad ser ambas cosas, latinoamericanas y lesbianas, sea que vivamos en América Latina o en los Estados Unidos.

Cada vez que una mujer comienza a hablar, comienza el proceso de liberación; es algo inevitable que tiene implicaciones politicas ponderosas. En estas paginas vemos repetido nuestro propio proceso de descubrimiento, la afirmación al asumirnos ante los demįs, la bśsqueda de una definición de identidad dentro de la familia y de nuestra comunidad, la bśsqueda de repuestas significativas a las muchas personales y el compromise en la lucha politica para acabar con toda forma de opresión. Las etapas de crecimiento o de desarrollo de nuestra conciencia se hacen claras cuando comenzamos a reecontar la historia de nuestras vidas en alguien mįs, alguien que ha experimentado los mismos cambios. Cuando hablamos sobre estos cambios afirmamos nuestra experienca como vįlida y real, y ese anįlisis nos da la perspectiva necesaria para colocar neustras vidas dentro de un context que nos permita saber cuįl es el próximo paso que temenos que dar. Compańeras viene a ser un instrument de unidad, una herramienta politica.

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Reviews for the second edition:

"Compańeras is one of the most exciting books Ive picked up in a long time. The stories are well told and compelling and the entire collection is rich with the excitement of women spreading the truth about their lives, with breaking silences, with saying in print what has never been said before." Feminist Bookstore News

"Compańeras celebrates Latina lesbian history and existence. The volume as a whole documents the struggle of Latina lesbians to understand the systems of oppression that seek to invalidate their lives." Sojourner

"The women here speak from the specifics of lesbian experience in their various native lands (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and the US). For women who identify as lesbians that is, not under the protection of a man there is no refuge from the battle." Jewelle Gomez, New Directions for Women

Acknowledgments/Agradecimientos, Preface to First Edition (in English)
Juanita Ramos, Introduction (in English) Mariana Romo-Carmona, Prefacio a la
primera edición (en espańol) Juanita Ramos, Introduccion a la primera edición
(en espańol) Mariana Romo-Carmona, Part 1/parte 1: The Other Side/Del otro
lado, Part 2/parte 2: Coming Out/Saliendo del closet, Part 3/parte 3: Lovers
and Friends/Amantes y amigas, Part 4/parte 4: Families/Familias, Part 5/parte
5: The Struggle Continues/La lucha continua, Part 6/parte 6: Forging
Identities and Building Movements and Feminisms in Latin America/Construyendo
identidades, movimiemtos, y feminismos en América Latina, Contributors
Notes, Selected Bibliography and Other Resources/Bibliografia selecta y otros
recursos
Juanita Ramos is the co-founder of the Latina Lesbian History Project, and is Professor of Sociology; Latin American & Caribbean Studies; Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies at SUNY-Binghamton, USA.