Kelli D Zaytoun
Biographic Data
| ID | 2363479 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelli D Zaytoun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelli D |
| FAMILY NAME | Zaytoun |
| SIGNATURE | ZAYTOUN K D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wright State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Shapeshifting Subjects: Gloria Anzaldúa's Naguala and Border Arte
Cultural theorist and creative writer Gloria Anzaldúa is known for her ideas introduced in her mixed-genre, multilingual, groundbreaking book Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza, a personal and political history of the US-Mexican border. Of her many concepts explored by scholars, one has remained undertheorized until this project: la naguala, meaning shapeshifter in the still widely spoken Mesoamerican language of Nahuatl. In Shapeshifting…
Resistance as Shapeshifter: A Posthumanist Reading of Subjectivity and Death in the Fiction of Gloria Anzaldúa and Clarice Lispector
This article explores posthumanist dimensions of subjectivity in the fiction of Gloria Anzaldúa and Clarice Lispector by way of Anzaldúa’s concept of la naguala/“the shapeshifter” and Rosi Braidotti’s posthuman subject and posthuman death theory. By taking up and engaging with shapeshifting forms, the protagonists in Anzaldúa’s and Lispector’s stories challenge and resist the oppressive conditions that haunt their daily lives. Also offered in thi…
Sisterhood in Movement: Feminist Solidarity in France and the United States
A poignant letter was published several years ago in off our backs: a young woman, Amy Johnson, tells of her quest to break the isolation of living in what she referred to as her ultraconservative, sexist hometown. She goes to college and makes it to a Women’s Studies department, only to be taught that the bonds of sisterhood she sought were illusory because “women” don’t exist, and the notion of sisterhood is retrograde. How can we, as feminists…
"Now Let Us Shift" the Subject: Tracing the Path and Posthumanist Implications of La Naguala / The Shapeshifter in the Works of Gloria Anzaldúa
The article explores technologies of the self via the boundaries that happen between the subject and other human and nonhuman entities in Gloria Anzaldúa's use of the concept of "la naguala," the shapeshifter. Topics discussed include the path of la naguala in Anzaldúa's work, her radical skepticism of Western ontology and the humanist subject, and the relationship between la naguala and Anzaldúan subjectivity.
Theorizing at the Borders: Considering Social Location in Rethinking Self and Psychological Development
This essay provides a framework for reconceptualizing and expanding perspectives on adult psychological development through the use of feminist standpoint theory. Considering the role of social location and identity in how "self" and development are understood yielded new visions that respond to and address the limitations of traditional and current approaches. Perspectives explored within this framework resulted in implications for developmental…
"Now Let Us Shift" the Subject: Tracing the Path and Posthumanist Implications of La Naguala / The Shapeshifter in the Works of Gloria Anzaldúa
The article explores technologies of the self via the boundaries that happen between the subject and other human and nonhuman entities in Gloria Anzaldúa's use of the concept of "la naguala," the shapeshifter. Topics discussed include the path of la naguala in Anzaldúa's work, her radical skepticism of Western ontology and the humanist subject, and the relationship between la naguala and Anzaldúan subjectivity.
Shapeshifting Subjects: Gloria Anzaldúa's Naguala and Border Arte
Cultural theorist and creative writer Gloria Anzaldúa is known for her ideas introduced in her mixed-genre, multilingual, groundbreaking book Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza, a personal and political history of the US-Mexican border. Of her many concepts explored by scholars, one has remained undertheorized until this project: la naguala, meaning shapeshifter in the still widely spoken Mesoamerican language of Nahuatl. In Shapeshifting…
Resistance as Shapeshifter: A Posthumanist Reading of Subjectivity and Death in the Fiction of Gloria Anzaldúa and Clarice Lispector
This article explores posthumanist dimensions of subjectivity in the fiction of Gloria Anzaldúa and Clarice Lispector by way of Anzaldúa’s concept of la naguala/“the shapeshifter” and Rosi Braidotti’s posthuman subject and posthuman death theory. By taking up and engaging with shapeshifting forms, the protagonists in Anzaldúa’s and Lispector’s stories challenge and resist the oppressive conditions that haunt their daily lives. Also offered in thi…
Sisterhood in Movement: Feminist Solidarity in France and the United States
A poignant letter was published several years ago in off our backs: a young woman, Amy Johnson, tells of her quest to break the isolation of living in what she referred to as her ultraconservative, sexist hometown. She goes to college and makes it to a Women’s Studies department, only to be taught that the bonds of sisterhood she sought were illusory because “women” don’t exist, and the notion of sisterhood is retrograde. How can we, as feminists…
Theorizing at the Borders: Considering Social Location in Rethinking Self and Psychological Development
This essay provides a framework for reconceptualizing and expanding perspectives on adult psychological development through the use of feminist standpoint theory. Considering the role of social location and identity in how "self" and development are understood yielded new visions that respond to and address the limitations of traditional and current approaches. Perspectives explored within this framework resulted in implications for developmental…
"Now Let Us Shift" the Subject: Tracing the Path and Posthumanist Implications of La Naguala / The Shapeshifter in the Works of Gloria Anzaldúa
The article explores technologies of the self via the boundaries that happen between the subject and other human and nonhuman entities in Gloria Anzaldúa's use of the concept of "la naguala," the shapeshifter. Topics discussed include the path of la naguala in Anzaldúa's work, her radical skepticism of Western ontology and the humanist subject, and the relationship between la naguala and Anzaldúan subjectivity.
Resistance as Shapeshifter: A Posthumanist Reading of Subjectivity and Death in the Fiction of Gloria Anzaldúa and Clarice Lispector
This article explores posthumanist dimensions of subjectivity in the fiction of Gloria Anzaldúa and Clarice Lispector by way of Anzaldúa’s concept of la naguala/“the shapeshifter” and Rosi Braidotti’s posthuman subject and posthuman death theory. By taking up and engaging with shapeshifting forms, the protagonists in Anzaldúa’s and Lispector’s stories challenge and resist the oppressive conditions that haunt their daily lives. Also offered in thi…
Sisterhood in Movement: Feminist Solidarity in France and the United States
A poignant letter was published several years ago in off our backs: a young woman, Amy Johnson, tells of her quest to break the isolation of living in what she referred to as her ultraconservative, sexist hometown. She goes to college and makes it to a Women’s Studies department, only to be taught that the bonds of sisterhood she sought were illusory because “women” don’t exist, and the notion of sisterhood is retrograde. How can we, as feminists…
Shapeshifting Subjects: Gloria Anzaldúa's Naguala and Border Arte
Cultural theorist and creative writer Gloria Anzaldúa is known for her ideas introduced in her mixed-genre, multilingual, groundbreaking book Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza, a personal and political history of the US-Mexican border. Of her many concepts explored by scholars, one has remained undertheorized until this project: la naguala, meaning shapeshifter in the still widely spoken Mesoamerican language of Nahuatl. In Shapeshifting…
Art (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works)