This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color

Moraga, CherrĆ­e; Moraga, CherrĆ­e; AnzaldĆŗa, Gloria

ISBN 10: 1438454384 / ISBN 13: 9781438454382

Published by State University of New York Press (edition 4), 2015

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Synopsis:

Updated and expanded edition of the foundational text of women of color feminism.

Bronze Medalist, 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Anthologies Category

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 Cherrķe 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years after its inception, the fourth edition contains an extensive new introduction by Moraga, along with a previously unpublished statement by Gloria Anzaldśa. 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, one that can effectively adapt to, and help inform an understanding of the changing economic and social conditions of women of color in the United States and throughout the world.

About the Author:

A poet, playwright, and cultural activist, Cherrķe Moraga is Artist in Residence in the Department of Theater and Performance Studies and in the Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Program at Stanford University. She is the author of many books, including A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings, 2000–2010 and Loving in the War Years: Lo que nunca pasó por sus labios.

Gloria Anzaldśa (1942–2004) was a poet, metaphysical philosopher, and scholar of Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory. Her books include Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and The Gloria Anzaldśa Reader, a posthumously published collection of her work.

Bibliographic Details

Title: This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: ...
Publisher: State University of New York Press (edition 4)
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: 4.