"You Don't Look Like a Professor": Reflections on Embodied Latina Identity Politics in Academia

Abstract

We are testimonialistas. Speaking from the wounds in our mouths (Weems, 2003) and the epistemology of our brown bodies (Cruz, 2001), we are here to disrupt articulations of our presumed ‘place’ both inside and outside of... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Leandra Hernandez (National University)

Topic Areas

Feminist and Women's Studies , Social Science--Qualitative

Session

POL-1 » Our Education Won’t Save Us: (Re)claiming the Conversation on Being Presumed the "Help" (1:45pm - Thursday, 7th July, Altadena)

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