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Fleshing the Spirit : Spirituality and Activism in Chicana, Latina, and Indigenous Women's Lives.

Facio, Elisa.

Fleshing the Spirit : Spirituality and Activism in Chicana, Latina, and Indigenous Women's Lives. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- A Mindful Invitation / Una invitación consiente - Inés Talamantez -- Foreword: A Meditation - Inés Hernández-Avila -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Fleshing the Spirit, Spiriting the Flesh - Irene Lara and Elisa Facio -- Part 1. The East: New Beginnings -- The East - Cinthya Martinez -- Writing with Crooked Lines - Laura E. Pérez -- Toward a Spiritual Pedagogy along the Borderlands - Maria Figueroa -- Spiritual Roots of Chicana Feminist Borderland Pedagogies: A Spiritual Journey with Tonantzin/Guadalupe - C. Alejandra Elenes -- Spirit Journey: "Home" as a Site for Healing and Transformation - Elisa Facio -- Part 2. The West: Feminine Energies -- Queeranderismo - Berenice Dimas -- Methodologies of the Spirit: Reclaiming Our Lady of Guadalupe and Discovering Tonantzin Within and Beyond the Nepantla of Academia - Brenda Sendejo -- Saints in the Cuban Heat - Oliva M. Espín -- Sensing the Serpent in the Mother, Dando a Luz la Madre Serpiente: Chicana Spirituality, Sexuality, and Mamihood - Irene Lara -- Part 3. The North: The Direction of the Elders -- Sacrificios - Felicia Montes -- Chicana in the Zendo: Love and Power on the Spiritual Path - Alicia Enciso Litschi -- "Pero tu no crees en dios": Negotiating Spirituality, Family, and Community - Michelle Téllez -- Healing Introspections: Reaching Inside and Reconstructing Myself - Rosa María Hernández Juárez -- Nepantla Spirituality: My Path to the Source(s) of Healing - Lara Medina -- Part 4. The South: The Direction of Youth -- The Woman Within - Sarahi Nuñez-Mejia -- Creosote and Lavender - Angelita Borbón -- Coming Full Circle - Beatriz Villegas/Ilhuicatlahuili-Bea -- Living La Vida Santa: My Chicana Spirituality and Activist Scholarship - Norma E. Cantú -- Anatomy of Learning: Yauhtli, Peyotzin, Tobacco, and Maguey - Patrisia Gonzales -- References -- Contributors. Artist's Statement -- Index.

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Hispanic American women-Religious life.
Indian women-Religious life.
Spiritual life.
Spirituality.
Social justice.


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