The Wound and the Stitch: A Genealogy of the Female Body from Medieval Iberia to

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Wound and the Stitch by Loretta Victoria Ramirez "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"-- FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Wound and the Stitch traces a history of imagery and language centered on the concept of woundedness and the stitching together of fragmented selves. Focusing particularly on California and its historical violences against Chicanx bodies, Loretta Victoria Ramirez argues that woundedness has become a ubiquitous and significant form of Chicanx self-representation, especially in late twentieth-century print media and art.Ramirez maps a genealogy of the female body from late medieval Iberian devotional sculptures to contemporary strategies of self-representation. By doing so, she shows how wounds—metaphorical, physical, historical, and linguistic—are inherited and manifested as ongoing violations of the body and othered forms of identity. Beyond simply exposing these wounds, however, Ramirez also shows us how they can be healed—or rather stitched. Drawing on Mesoamerican concepts of securing stability during lived turmoil, or nepantla, Ramirez investigates how creators such as Cherríe Moraga, Renee Tajima-Peña, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, and Amalia Mesa-Bains repurpose the concept of woundedness to advocate for redress and offer delicate, ephemeral moments of healing.Positioning woundedness as a potent method to express Chicanx realities and transform the self from one that is wounded to one that is stitched, this book emphasizes the necessity of acknowledgment and ethical restitution for colonial legacies. It will be valued by scholars and students interested in the history of rhetorics, twentieth-century Chicanx art, and Latinx studies. Author Biography Loretta Victoria Ramirez is Assistant Professor of Latinx Rhetoric and Composition at California State University, Long Beach. Review "The Wound and the Stitch is an extremely compelling and persuasive text that examines colonial trauma inflicted upon Chicanx people. Through critical and thoughtful readings of a wide variety of texts, Ramirezs book uses the idea of wounding as its primary analytic. It brings this cultural rhetoric back to where we need it most—the classroom—to consider how the wound and the stitch function in the everyday lives of Chicanx and Latinx students."—Bernadette Marie Calafell, author of Monstrosity, Performance, and Race in Contemporary Culture"A unique and innovative reading of Chicana feminist texts. Ramirez brings a deeply interdisciplinary and critical intersectional feminist reading and theoretical intervention to rhetorical studies."—Aimee Carrillo Rowe, author of Power Lines: On the Subject of Feminist Alliances"Gorgeously and relentlessly introspective, The Wound and the Stitch advances a Chicana/x rhetorical genealogy of violence/healing as Ramirez builds a theory of violence that resists the simplicity of binaries. Moving across an array of moments and artifacts, she insists upon incompleteness, overlap, and ongoingness. Among its many contributions, The Wound and the Stitch is premised in a decolonial temporality that, as Ramirez explains, is something to experience, not escape."—Lisa A. Flores, author of Deportable and Disposable: Public Rhetoric and the Making of the "Illegal" Immigrant Promotional A disruptive and evocative historical genealogy of bodily rhetorics in late twentieth-century Chicanx media. Details ISBN0271097280 Language English Year 2024 ISBN-10 0271097280 ISBN-13 9780271097282 Publication Date 2024-05-28 UK Release Date 2024-05-28 Author Loretta Victoria Ramirez Publisher Pennsylvania State University Press Series RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric Format Paperback Imprint Pennsylvania State University Press Subtitle A Genealogy of the Female Body from Medieval Iberia to SoCal Chicanx Art Place of Publication University Park Country of Publication United States Alternative 9780271097275 Illustrations 17 Halftones, color; 3 Halftones, black and white US Release Date 2024-05-28 AU Release Date 2024-05-27 DEWEY 700.89687207 Pages 256 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:160536881;

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