Sacred Iconographies in Chicana Cultural Productions

Roman-Odio, Clara

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“…Centering and reflecting on one’s experience in a supportive environment may lead to transformation not only in situating student’s cognitive process (Carawan et al., 2011) but through situating the emotional work as well. Drawing upon “[…] history, memory, and emotion as significant cognitive elements” is consistent with Chicana feminist practice for liberation (Román-Odio, 2013: 5) and, we argue, is a critical component of unlearning internalized oppressions and naming interlocking systems of dominance that want to divide and put into opposition subjugated groups in order to maintain such dominance. We support speaking truth to power through naming embodied and emotional experiences, connecting them to personal experiences related to oppression and to the experiences of others, and using them as transformative, creative tools.…”

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Centering power, positionality, and emotional labor in a Master of Social Work research course: Perspectives from a student and instructor

Hudson

Richardson

2016

Qualitative Social Work

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This paper presents a case study of a student and instructor's experience in a foundational research course in a Master of Social Work (MSW) program at a major university. As part of this course, students are asked to design and implement an original, practiceinformed research project. One student had a particularly complex, affective response to her research project. In response to the student's experience in the course, the instructor reconceptualized the major course assignment, drawing from the feminist concept of emotional labor, so that it would be responsive and relevant to the student's learning. This instance of educational individualization allowed the student to take inventory of and critically reflect on her enhanced awareness of self, positionality, and power structures personally, professionally, and as a researcher, through an autoethnographic narrative and critical analysis. A central finding of this case study is that attention to the emotional labor of research opens up space for ways of knowing and learning beyond positivist, inflexible, and narrowly imagined competency-based paradigms. Moreover, this case study demonstrates the possibilities of qualitative research in accessing and exploring the affective research experience. Finally, this paper argues that emotional labor is a critical aspect of learning, teaching, and practicing research that ought to be fully considered and addressed across all approaches to inquiry, particularly those concerned with social justice. Recommendations for conceptualizing and teaching social work

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Centering power, positionality, and emotional labor in a Master of Social Work research course: Perspectives from a student and instructor

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Richardson

2016

Qualitative Social Work

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“…To illustrate, many Latina feminists syncretize Tonantzin (Aztec goddess, Our Mother) into the Virgin of Guadalupe (a Black Madonna), transforming her into a feminist icon of indomitable strength and power (Estés, 2011), a protector of the oppressed, and a sacred freedom fighter (Castillo, 1996). What's more, a syncretistic Tonantzin/Guadalupe is the subject of many Latina feminist artistic expressions (Román-Odio, 2013).…”

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Mujerista psychospirituality.

Comas‐Díaz¹

2016

Womanist and Mujerista Psychologies: Voices of Fire, Acts of Courage.

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Mujerismo is a Latina feminism infused with a strong spiritual base. The conceptual and psychopolitical translation of mujerismo is Latina womanism (see Introduction, this volume). An emergent mujerista psychology is based on a liberation approach, critical cultural/feminist analysis, and a secular syncretistic spirituality. When mujeristas examine the intersectionality of Latinas' oppressions, they create a feminist perspective nurtured by their realities as ethnic minority women, ancestral wisdom, decolonization, and liberation. Consequently, mujerista psychologists oppose (neo)colonizing theories, methods, practices, and aesthetics. They appropriate cultural and spiritual/religious symbols to construct new ones for empowerment, emancipation, and transformation.I advance a mujerista psychospirituality as a foundation for a mujerista psychology. Within this conceptualization, I define mujerista psychology as a Latina feminism infused with a spiritual-feminist liberation approach and a MUJERISTA PSYCHOSPIRITUALITY LILLIAN COMAS-DíAZWe are the feminists among the people of our culture.-Cherrie Moraga

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The U.S.-Mexico Border in Visual Art by Chicanas/os: Transcending National Barriers of Cultural Heritage

Zetterman

2021

New Approach to Cultural Heritage

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Sacred Iconographies in Chicana Cultural Productions

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Centering power, positionality, and emotional labor in a Master of Social Work research course: Perspectives from a student and instructor

Centering power, positionality, and emotional labor in a Master of Social Work research course: Perspectives from a student and instructor

Mujerista psychospirituality.

The U.S.-Mexico Border in Visual Art by Chicanas/os: Transcending National Barriers of Cultural Heritage

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