{"product_id":"braving-all-borders-karla-m-padrzen-9780295754789","title":"Braving All Borders: Translatina Testimonios and Decolonial Defiance","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the shimmering, defiant world of TransLatina beauty pageants to the persistent everyday violence of racism, gender norms, and economic precarity, the testimonios in \u003ci\u003eBraving All Borders\u003c\/i\u003e offer compelling accounts of survival and self-determination. Drawing from over a decade of ethnographic research and community collaboration, Karla M. Padrón amplifies the experiences of TransLatinas who have endured rejection, violence, and systemic neglect while insisting on life, dignity, and belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the center of this narrative is a bold argument: that TransLatinas, in sharing their stories and building collective knowledge, enact what Padrón calls \u003ci\u003edecolonial self-authorship\u003c\/i\u003e. They create their own terms of visibility, knowledge, and power, refusing to let institutions misrepresent or erase them. Their narratives reveal both the thorns of violence and the roses of resilience, humor, and joy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis powerful, deeply researched account demonstrates how transgender Latina immigrants confront the overlapping borders that shape their lives. It charts how migrant trans women of color forge rhetorical, political, and embodied strategies to claim life, love, and futurity--even when \"nothing is made\" for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karla M. Padrón\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295754788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295754789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Karla M. Padrón","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637481521407,"sku":"9780295754789","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2fc4c3a1-8a6e-46ce-982e-2379c24987de.jpg?v=1765116469","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/braving-all-borders-karla-m-padrzen-9780295754789","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}