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Speaking Face to Face SUNY SERIES, PRAXIS: THEORY IN ACTION Nancy A. Naples, editor Speaking Face to Face The Visionary Philosophy of María Lugones Edited by Pedro J. DiPietro, Jennifer McWeeny, and Shireen Roshanravan Cover image: “Hunger.” © e nina jay. Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 2019 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or trans- mitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: DiPietro, Pedro J., 1974- editor. | McWeeny, Jennifer, editor. | Roshanravan, Shireen, editor. Title: Speaking face to face : the visionary philosophy of María Lugones / edited by Pedro J. DiPietro, Jennifer McWeeny, and Shireen Roshanravan. Description: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019] | Series: SUNY series, praxis: theory in action | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018033268| ISBN 9781438474533 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781438474540 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Lugones, Maria, 1944- | Feminist theory. Classification: LCC HQ1190 .S676 2019 | DDC 305.42—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018033268 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To all those who commit to living and loving large against the expectations of a world that relies on our living and loving small. And, of course, to María Lugones, for inspiring us to see, feel, speak, think, cook, sing, dance, create, and enact impossible worlds of verifiable love into existence. Contents List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xvii Introduction Like an Earthquake to the Soul: Experiencing the 1 Visionary Philosophy of María Lugones Pedro J. DiPietro, Jennifer McWeeny, and Shireen Roshanravan PART I COALITIONAL SELVES, MULTIPLE REALITIES 1 Trash Talks Back 31 Elizabeth V. Spelman 2 A Focus on the “I” in the “I (cid:65)(cid:3)We”: Considering the Lived 47 Experience of Self-i n- Coalition in Active Subjectivity Kelli Zaytoun 3 The Ripple Imagery as a Decolonial Self: Exploring Multiplicity in 65 Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictée (Brena) Yu- Chen Tai PART II MOVING WITH AND BEYOND INTERSECTIONALITY 4 Beyond the “Logic of Purity”: “Post- Post- Intersectional” Glimpses 85 in Decolonial Feminism Anna Carastathis 5 Witnessing Faithfully and the Intimate Politics of Queer 103 South Asian Praxis Shireen Roshanravan viii Contents PART III GENDER, COLONIALITY, AND DECOLONIAL EMBODIMENTS 125 6 Border Thinking/Being/Perception: Toward a “Deep Coalition” across the Atlantic Madina Tlostanova 145 7 Motion Sickness and the Slipperiness of Irish Racialization Jennifer McWeeny 175 8 Toward a Decolonial Ethics Manuel Chávez Jr. PART IV KNOWING ON THE EDGE OF WORLDS AND SENSE 197 9 Beyond Benevolent Violence: Trans* of Color, Ornamental Multiculturalism, and the Decolonization of Affect Pedro J. DiPietro 217 10 Travel to Death- Worlds Joshua M. Price PART V HABLANDO CARA A CARA 239 11 Deep Coalition and Popular Education Praxis Cricket Keating 255 12 Walking Illegitimately: A Cachapera/Tortillera and a Dyke Sarah Lucia Hoagland 273 13 Carnal Disruptions: Mariana Ortega Interviews María Lugones 285 Afterword Paula M. L. Moya 291 Chronological List of María Lugones’s Publications 299 Contributors 303 Index Illustrations Figure 6.1 Delinking by Taus Makhacheva, 2011. 138 Figure 7.1 Frontispiece from Ireland from One or Two Neglected 152 Points of View, 1899. Figure 7.2 “The Ignorant Vote: Honors are Easy” by Thomas 153 Nast, 1876. Figure 7.3 “Florence Nightingale and Bridget McBruiser” from 154 New Physiognomy, 1866. 155 Figure 7.4 “The Irish Declaration of Independence” by Frederick B. Opper, 1883. ix
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