Latina/o Identity

Mujeres Talk: Reflections from Within: Explorations of Spirituality, Identity and Social Justice

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This trensa, or braid, weaves together the voices of a group of students in this semester’s Latina/o and Latin American Spiritualities course at Southwestern University. The course is cross-listed in anthropology and feminist studies and students come from a wide array of majors. I invited students to reflect upon the ways in which the class and … Read more

Mujeres Talk: Latin@ in Spain?

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  In Barcelona, Spain, while speaking with friends over lunch at a communal picnic table – switching from Spanish to English and back again – I heard the woman in the family sitting next to us say, in a whispered voice, “son Latin@s.” She was referring to us, of course, answering what seemed to be … Read more