LEADER 05108oam 2200685I 450 001 9910815091803321 005 20230809234600.0 010 $a1-351-81945-3 010 $a1-315-21372-9 010 $a1-351-81944-5 035 $a(CKB)4340000000207365 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5092146 035 $a(OCoLC)1006391089$z(OCoLC)1005858055 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1006391089 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315213729 035 $a(OCoLC)1005842927 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1005842927 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000207365 100 $a20171011d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||unuuu 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPerforming la mestiza $etextual representations of lesbians of color and the negotiation of identities /$fEllen M. Gil-Gomez 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (245 pages) 225 0 $aRoutledge Library Editions: Literature and Sexuality ;$vVolume 4 311 $a0-415-78956-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Original Title Page""; ""Original Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Rethinking Identity Construction: Placing the Lesbian of Color""; ""2. Naming the Enemies: Multiple Threats to the Existence of the Lesbian of Color""; ""3. Strategies of Survival: The Limits and the Consequences""; ""4. The Path To Survival: Rewriting Cultural Traditions and Creating Living Theories""; ""Conclusion""; ""Endnotes""; ""Bibliography"" 330 $aThis book, first published in 2000, explores the intersections of race, gender and gay identities in writings by contemporary American lesbians of colour in order to show how this subject is sometimes ignored, sometimes brutalised and is very rarely able to survive on her own terms by constructing her own identity acts of cultural revision. The author places the lesbian of colour in the context of current identity theories showing the ever-present blind spots within current theoretical paradigms, she then reads a variety of writings by lesbians of colour describing the possibilities that exist for these subjects in textual and social realities. The author shows the varied communities that threaten the existence of this subject, as well as the limits that dictate the subject's ability to create her self. By bridging Judith Butler's Gender Trouble and Gloria Anzaldua's New Mestiza she describes how lesbians of colour can survive numerous sites of hostility by constructing a positive identity within her home community through revising cultural traditions and history. After considering the power of these acts of revision, the author calls for the empowered performance of the mestiza state - the state of contradiction wherein the lesbian of colour finds herself. This book is the first to analyse creative and theoretical works by African American, Asian American, Latina and Native American communities and writers through the lens of lesbian studies. Authors include recognised figures such as Audre Lorde, Ana Castillo and Paula Gunn Allen, as well as lesser known authors like Best Brant, Natashia Lopez and Willyce Kim. It provides a corrective to Butler's empowering but essentially white vision of performing identity, so that lesbians of colour can claim their identities and remain tied to their own cultural traditions. Ultimately, the author asks for a reconsideration of the value of identity studies that articulate monolithic identities and whose analyses perpetuate what they seek to disrupt. 606 $aLesbians' writings, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFeminism and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican literature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMinority women$zUnited States$xIntellectual life 606 $aLesbians$zUnited States$xIntellectual life 606 $aIdentity (Psychology) in literature 606 $aMinority women in literature 606 $aLesbians in literature 615 0$aLesbians' writings, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFeminism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican literature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMinority women$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aLesbians$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aIdentity (Psychology) in literature. 615 0$aMinority women in literature. 615 0$aLesbians in literature. 676 $a810.99206643 700 $aGil-Gomez$b Ellen M.$01711690 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815091803321 996 $aPerforming la mestiza$94103204 997 $aUNINA