This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition

Writings by Radical Women of Color

Author: Cherríe Moraga
Secondary Author: Gloria Anzaldúa
ISBN: 1438454384

Updated and expanded edition of the foundational text of women of color feminism.Originally released in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back is a testimony to women of color feminism as it emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Through personal essays, criticism, interviews, testimonials, poetry, and visual art, the collection explores, as coeditor Cherríe Moraga writes, “the complex confluence of identities—race, class, gender, and sexuality—systemic to women of color oppression and liberation.”Reissued here, nearly thirty-five years after its inception, the fourth edition contains an extensive new introduction by Moraga, along with a previously unpublished statement by Gloria Anzaldúa. The new edition also includes visual artists whose work was produced during the same period as Bridge, including Betye Saar, Ana Mendieta, and Yolanda López, as well as current contributor biographies. Bridge continues to reflect an evolving definition of feminism, on

Publisher: SUNY Press
Publish Date: 2015-02-11

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

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