{"product_id":"the-wound-and-the-stitch-loretta-victoria-ramirez-9780271097282","title":"The Wound and the Stitch: A Genealogy of the Female Body from Medieval Iberia to SoCal Chicanx Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Wound and the Stitch\u003c\/i\u003e traces a history of imagery and language centered on the concept of woundedness and the stitching together of fragmented selves. Focusing particularly on California and its historical violences against Chicanx bodies, Loretta Victoria Ramirez argues that woundedness has become a ubiquitous and significant form of Chicanx self-representation, especially in late twentieth-century print media and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRamirez maps a genealogy of the female body from late medieval Iberian devotional sculptures to contemporary strategies of self-representation. By doing so, she shows how wounds--metaphorical, physical, historical, and linguistic--are inherited and manifested as ongoing violations of the body and othered forms of identity. Beyond simply exposing these wounds, however, Ramirez also shows us how they can be healed--or rather stitched. Drawing on Mesoamerican concepts of securing stability during lived turmoil, or \u003ci\u003enepantla, \u003c\/i\u003eRamirez investigates how creators such as Cherr?e Moraga, Renee Tajima-Pe?a, Guillermo G?mez-Pe?a, and Amalia Mesa-Bains repurpose the concept of woundedness to advocate for redress and offer delicate, ephemeral moments of healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePositioning woundedness as a potent method to express Chicanx realities and transform the self from one that is wounded to one that is stitched, this book emphasizes the necessity of acknowledgment and ethical restitution for colonial legacies. It will be valued by scholars and students interested in the history of rhetorics, twentieth-century Chicanx art, and Latinx studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Loretta Victoria Ramirez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271097280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271097282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.30d","brand":"Loretta Victoria Ramirez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898710712575,"sku":"9780271097282","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e07c11d1-8b2b-4ec6-952e-9f97ce52800f.jpg?v=1721376918","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wound-and-the-stitch-loretta-victoria-ramirez-9780271097282","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}