Free Downloads This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings By Radical Women Of Color
Updated and expanded edition of the foundational text of women of color feminism. 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 Cherríe 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years after its inception, the fourth edition contains an extensive new introduction by Moraga, along with a previously unpublished statement by Gloria Anzaldúa. 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. “Immense is my admiration for the ongoing dialogue and discourse on feminism, Indigenous feminism, the defining discussions in women of color movements and the broader movement. I have loved this book for thirty years, and am so pleased we have returned with our stories, words, and attributes to the growing and resilient movement.” — Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe), Executive Director, Honor the Earth Praise for the Third Edition “This Bridge Called My Back … dispels all doubt about the power of a single text to radically transform the terrain of our theory and practice. Twenty years after its publication, we can now see how it helped to untether the production of knowledge from its disciplinary anchors—and not only in the field of women’s studies. This Bridge has allowed us to define the promise of research on race, gender, class and sexuality as profoundly linked to collaboration and coalition-building. And perhaps most important, it has offered us strategies for transformative political practice that are as valid today as they were two decades ago.” — Angela Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz “This Bridge Called My Back … has served as a significant rallying call for women of color for a generation, and this new edition keeps that call alive at a time when divisions prove ever more stubborn and dangerous. A much-cited text, its influence has been visible and broad both in academia and among activists. We owe much of the sound of our present voices to the brave scholars and feminists whose ideas and ideals crowd its pages.” — Shirley Geok-lin Lim, University of California, Santa Barbara
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: State University of New York Press; 4 edition (March 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1438454384
ISBN-13: 978-1438454382
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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This book is absolutely amazing.10/10 would recommend to all feminists especially white feminists.This book is so important and I'm so glad my best friend bought me a copy. I'm really grateful to him for that.In my time of reading feminist works and just being really pro-feminism, this book was often mentioned and quoted and I really wanted to read it and I am so glad I finally got my hands on. Totally worth it.
I loved this book and the insights shared. It really is a good read for anyone trying to understand sexuality outside of the so called "heterosexual" experience, with a bit of ethnic perspective, as well.
This Bridge Called My Back was an assigned text in one of my Women Studies classes. I had originally rented this text but ultimately decided to purchase it because it resonated with me. I have since purchased a few more copies to give to friends.
So happy to have this out in a new edition. This text never loses its power.
This is a great compilation of feminist works of "minorities". An issue that is in the Feminist world, and these choices of articles, poems, and writings truly gets across the message..
a must read for women passionate and deeply committed to "The Work."
Such a powerful collection, I am so happy to have ordered this book.
Beautiful book, highly recommend.
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