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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A significant text in the scholarship of Gloria Anzaldúa and in Latina/x feminisms in general. Zaytoun's in-depth analysis of la naguala, a key concept in Anzaldúa's work that has been barely theorized, will move Anzaldúa scholarship in new directions."--Mariana Ortega, author of
In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self"
Shapeshifting Subjects takes us to the radical edge of many untheorized aspects of Gloria Anzaldúa’s theoretical toolbox including shapeshifting, naguala, and intra-relationality. Zaytoun revives the possibilities of shapeshifting for radical feminist work long preoccupied with difference and coalition building, and decolonial methods for healing colonial wounds. Shapeshifing transports ontological becoming with a dazzling array of more-than-human forms of consciousness. Brimming with nuanced critical insights and poignant reflection, you will be moved after reading this book."--Felicity Amaya Schaeffer, author of
Love and Empire: Cybermarriage and Citizenship across the AmericasTable of ContentsSeries Editor’s Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
INTRODUCTION: Toward a Radically Relational Consciousness 1
CHAPTER ONE. La Naguala in Theory and Practice 9
CHAPTER TWO. “An Artist in the Sense of a Shaman”: Border Arte as Decolonial Practice 41
CHAPTER THREE. Connections with Arab American Feminism 65
CHAPTER FOUR. “Reaching Through the Wound to Connect”: Trauma and Healing as Shapeshifting 95
CONCLUSION: Toward New Potentials of Imagination 121
Notes 131
Works Cited 151
Subject Index 165
Gloria Anzaldúa Works Index 171
