Shapeshifting Subjects: Gloria Anzaldua's Naguala and Border Arte

by Kelli D. Zaytoun

Book Overview

Kelli D. Zaytoun draws on Gloria Anzald?a's thought to present a radically inclusive and expansive approach to selfhood, creativity, scholarship, healing, coalition-building, and activism. Zaytoun focuses on Anzald?a's naguala/ shapeshifter, a concept of nagualismo. This groundbreaking theory of subjectivity details a dynamic relationship between "inner work" and "public acts" that strengthens individuals' roles in social and transformative justice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252086511
• ISBN13: 9780252086519
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"