Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora

2012-04-30 Literary Collections

Author : Marta Moreno Vega
Release : 2012-04-30
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Synopsis Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora by : Marta Moreno Vega

Download or read book Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora written by Marta Moreno Vega. This book was released on 2012-04-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hers is one of eleven essays and four poems included in this volume in which Latina women of African descent share their stories. The authors included are from all over Latin America-Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela-and the United States. They write about the African diaspora and issues such as colonialism, oppression and disenfranchisement. Diva Moreira, a Brazilian, writes that she experienced racism and humiliation at a very young age. The worst experience, she remembers, was her mother's bosses' conviction that Diva didn't need to go to school after the fourth grade, "because blacks don't need to study more than that."

The Afro-Descendant Woman in Latin American Diasporic Visual Art

2024-07-05 Art

Author : Rosita Scerbo
Release : 2024-07-05
Genre : Art
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Download or read book The Afro-Descendant Woman in Latin American Diasporic Visual Art written by Rosita Scerbo. This book was released on 2024-07-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By studying multiple cultural expressions of Blackness throughout different regions of the Americas, the chapters of this book consider the relationship that social and historical processes such as sovereignty and colonialism have on cultural productions made by and about Black Latin American women. Rosita Scerbo analyzes a range of power dynamics as represented in different artistic media of the Afro-Latin/x American community, including photography, muralism, performance, paintings, and digital art. The book acknowledges that racial and gender equity cannot exist without Intersectionality and that is why the entirety of the chapters focus on cultural and visual productions exclusively created by Afro-descendant women. The Black Latin American women featured in the various chapters, spanning multiple artistic mediums and originating from various Latin American and Caribbean nations, including Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Cuba, collectively pursue the central aim of foregrounding the Afro-descendant woman’s experience. Simultaneously, they strive to enhance the visibility and acknowledgment of gendered Afro-diasporic culture within the Latin American context. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, gender studies, women’s studies, Latin American studies, African diaspora studies, and race and ethnic studies.

Bold Words from Black Women

2022-01-18 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Tamara Pizzoli
Release : 2022-01-18
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Download or read book Bold Words from Black Women written by Tamara Pizzoli. This book was released on 2022-01-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the power of Black womanhood in this first-of-its-kind collection of inspirational quotes from fifty activists, artists, and leaders, featuring bold, attention-grabbing illustrations—perfect for readers of Herstory and Little Leaders. This incredible volume honors fifty modern women, presented with their own words, who have dared to raise their voices and persevere through hardship and injustice to become revolutionaries and dreamers, artists and creators. Featuring women like musical powerhouse Beyoncé Knowles; tennis star Serena Williams; Meghan, Duchess of Sussex; and activist Angela Davis, this stylish book is perfect for any reader who is seeking grace, courage, strength, and self-love.

Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World

2018-11-06 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Vashti Harrison
Release : 2018-11-06
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Download or read book Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World written by Vashti Harrison. This book was released on 2018-11-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History comes the highly anticipated follow-up, a beautifully illustrated collectible detailing the lives of women creators around the world. Featuring the true stories of 35 women creators, ranging from writers to inventors, artists to scientists, Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World inspires as it educates. Readers will meet trailblazing women like Mary Blair, an American modernist painter who had a major influence on how color was used in early animated films, actor/inventor Hedy Lamarr, environmental activist Wangari Maathai, architect Zaha Hadid, filmmaker Maya Deren, and physicist Chien-Shiung Wu. Some names are known, some are not, but all of the women had a lasting effect on the fields they worked in. The charming, information-filled full-color spreads show the Dreamers as both accessible and aspirational so readers know they, too, can grow up to do something amazing.

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