ABSTRACT

More than twenty years after the ground-breaking anthology This Bridge Called My Back called upon feminists to envision new forms of communities and practices, Gloria E. Anzaldúa and AnaLouise Keating have painstakingly assembled a new collection of over eighty original writings that offers a bold new vision of women-of-color consciousness for the twenty-first century. Written by women and men--both "of color" and "white"--this bridge we call home will challenge readers to rethink existing categories and invent new individual and collective identities.

part |78 pages

“Looking for my own bridge to get over” … exploring the impact

chapter |1 pages

Open the Door

chapter |15 pages

Chameleon

chapter |1 pages

Seventh Fire

part |86 pages

“Still struggling with the boxes people try to put me in” … resisting the labels

chapter |1 pages

Interracial

part |94 pages

“Locking arms in the master's house” … omissions, revisions, new issues

chapter |8 pages

Lesbianism, 2000

chapter |8 pages

The Reckoning

part |72 pages

“A place at the table” … Surviving the battles, shaping our worlds

chapter |1 pages

Stolen Beauty

chapter |1 pages

Survival

part |82 pages

“Shouldering more identity than we can bear” … seeking allies in academe

chapter |1 pages

Nurturance

part |56 pages

“Yo soy tu otro yo—i am your other i” … forging common ground

chapter |1 pages

My tears are wings

chapter |3 pages

Chamizal

part |84 pages

“I am the pivot for transformation” … enacting the vision

chapter |1 pages

Continents