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Subject: : :Gloria Anzaldua Speaking in San Antonio: :


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 1, 2002
Contact: Irma Mayorga, 228-0201
Historia34@...

A leading Tejana voice returns home:
Gloria Anzaldúa in residence at the Esperanza Peace
and Justice Center


Gloria Anzaldúa's exemplary work as a leading Chicana
thinker, writer, and activist has profoundly shaped
the lives of U.S. women of color as well as changing
the currents of the American academy. Personal and
political, poetic and polemic, mindful of both history
and the horizon of the future, Gloria Anzaldúa's
insights about "una herida abierta" (the open wound)
known as the U.S.-Mexico border have incisively
articulated the forces of cultural hybridity. The
wide scope of her writing is utilized by scholars in
fields such as Chicana/o/Latina/o Studies, Women's
Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Ethnic Studies, Queer
Studies, and Cultural Studies.


As one of the first openly lesbian Chicana feminist
writers and reared in the valle of Tejas, Anzaldúa has
played a major role in redefining queer, female, and
Chicano/a identities, and in developing inclusionary
movements for social justice. Her groundbreaking
anthologies include This Bridge Called My Back, (1981)
(with co-editor Cherríe Moraga), winner of the 1986
Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, and
Making Face/Making Soul: Haciendo Caras (1990). Her
celebrated single author work Borderlands/ La
Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987) wholly changed the
landscape of "Border Studies" as she extended the
concepts of the "borderlands" to geographical,
historical, gendered, and psychic arenas; the book
consistently appears on acclaimed lists of the most
influential books of the 20th century.


The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center will host two
special events featuring Gloria Anzaldúa.


Wednesday, 13 November 2002, Gloria Anzaldúa will read
from her newly published anthology this bridge we call
home: radical visions for transformation. Written by
women and men-both 'of color' and 'white,' located
inside and outside the United States-and motivated by
a desire for social justice, this bridge we call home
invites feminists of all colors and genders to develop
new forms of dialogues, practices, and alliances. The
reading will also feature Anzaldúa's co-editor
AnaLouise Keating as well as appearances by special
contributors to the volume-the Esperanza's own Susan
Guerra (co-founder) and Liliana Wilson Grez, whose
work was featured recently at the Esperanza in July of
2002 in a solo exhibition of paintings.


In addition to Wednesday's event, Anzaldúa will
preside over a community plática on Friday, 15
November 2002. At this hybrid event-part workshop,
part lecture, part community discussion-, Anzaldúa
will present and discuss her ideas concerning
community building, the consciousness of social
justice, and the unique social forces at play in San
Antonio at our present moment.


Each event will begin at 7 p.m. and a donation of
$3-$5 is suggested. The Esperanza is located at 922
San Pedro (cross-street Evergreen) in San Antonio, TX.
For questions concerning these events or Ms.
Anzaldúa's time at the Esperanza please call 228-0201
or email esperanza@....


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Irma Mayorga
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center
922 San Pedro
San Antonio, TX 78212
210.228.0201
historia34@...

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