Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma

Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma

Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights

This new edition of an immensely influential book gives voice to Mexic Amerindian women silenced for hundreds of years by the dual censorship of being female and indigenous. Castillo replaced the term â€œChicana feminismâ€ with â€œXicanismaâ€ to include mestiza women on both sides of the border. In history, myth, interviews, and ethnography Castillo revisits her reflections on Chicana activism, spiritual practices, sexual attitudes, artistic ideology, labor struggles, and education-related battles. Her book remains a compelling document, enhanced here with a new afterword that reexamines the significance of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ana Castillo is the author of the novels So Far From God, Peel My Love Like an Onion, The Guardians, and Give It to Me. In 2013 she received the Gloria E. Anzaldua Award from the American Studies Association for her essay â€œThe Real and True Meaning of Our Lady of Guadalupe,â€ which appears as the afterword to this book.

ACCLAIM

â€œBrilliant and powerfully written. . . . These essays are testimony and proof of a . . . revolutionary consciousness signaling change and real hope.â€-- Ms. Magazine

â€œWhat I admire about this book is its insistent demand for justice.â€-- Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive

â€œMassacre of the Dreamers will be a stimulating addition to ethnic and womenâ€™s studies collections.â€-- Booklist

â€œCastillo goes after our hearts and minds, not territory or power.â€-- Village Voice
Country USA
Manufacturer University of New Mexico Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-09-25
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of New Mexico Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-09-25
Format	Kindle eBook

Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma

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