The Anzaldúan Theory Handbook

AnaLouise Keating is Professor of Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies at Texas Woman’s University and the author of Transformation Now! Toward a Post-Oppositional Politics of Change and other books. She worked closely with Anzaldúa for more than a decade, editing Interviews/Entrevistas and coediting (with Anzaldúa) this bridge we call home. She has also edited Anzaldúa’s books posthumously, including Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality, also published by Duke University Press.

Giving Thanks  xi
Introduction: Writing (About) Anzaldúa, Introducing This Book  1
I. Prelude to Theorizing: Contexts and Methods  13
1. Risking the Personal, Redux: A Biographical-Intellectual Sketch  15
2. Writing as Ritual, Habit, Mission, Partner, and Joy: Anzaldúa’s Writing Process  46
3. How the Theories Emerged: Haciendo Teorías Con Gloria  64
II. The Theories Themselves  77
How to Read Part II  80
4. Eighteen Anzaldúan Theories  81
III. Excavating the Future: The Archives and Beyond  211
5. The Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Papers: Creation Story, Treasure Map, and More  213
6. Anzaldúa’s Archival Manuscripts: Overview, Insights, Annotations  225
Postscript: Working with Anzaldúa and Her Theories  303
Notes  309
References  319
Index  323