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Translated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza's Story / Edition 2

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ISBN-10:: 0807046477
ISBN-13:: 9780807046470
Pub. Date:: 05/15/2003
Publisher:: Beacon Press

ISBN-10:: 0807046477
ISBN-13:: 9780807046470
Pub. Date:: 05/15/2003
Publisher:: Beacon Press

Translated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza's Story / Edition 2

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Translated Woman tells the story of an unforgettable encounter between Ruth Behar, a Cuban-American feminist anthropologist, and Esperanza Hernández, a Mexican street peddler. The tale of Esperanza's extraordinary life yields unexpected and profound reflections on the mutual desires that bind together anthropologists and their "subjects."

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ISBN-13:	9780807046470
Publisher:	Beacon Press
Publication date:	05/15/2003
Edition description:	Revised Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.97(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

Ruth Behar-ethnographer, essayist, poet, and filmmaker-is professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, Behar is the author of several books, including The Vulnerable Observer. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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A stunning critique and reversal of the received image of the passive and humble Mexican Indian woman. . . . Engrossing reading at the hands of a skillful interpreter. —The New York Times Book Review

"A brave and unusual work. . . . A fascinating portrait of two very different women and their intertwined struggle for identity." —The Boston Globe

"A demanding and intensely satisfying read." —Hispanic Magazine

"Engaging and insightful. . . . [Translated Woman] takes readers deep into a cross-cultural encounter. . . . A valuable and subtle book."—Choice

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In 1985 Behar, a feminist anthropologist working in Mexico, befriended street peddler Esperanza Hernandez, an Indian rumored to be a witch--townspeople claimed she used black magic to blind her ex-husband after he had regularly battered her and then left her for his mistress. In Behar's novelistic telling of Esperanza's life story, we meet a macha woman whose arrogance alienated her own mother, and whom Behar implausibly casts as a feminist heroine. Esperanza, who found redemption in a spiritist cult built around Pancho Villa, blames her pent-up rage for the deaths in infancy of the first six of her 12 children. She beat up her husband's lover and threw one of her sons out of the household; she also beat a daughter for refusing to support her and disowned another son for having what she considered an incestuous affair with his uncle's ex-mistress. Behar, who teaches at the University of Michigan, strains to find parallels between her own experience as a Cuban immigrant and that of her bellicose subject. Photos. (Feb.)

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A 1988 MacArthur award winner, anthropologist Behar has worked in Mexico since 1982. Translated Woman is the story of Esperanza, a middle-aged Mexican street peddler. Behar edited her conversations with Esperanza to create a personal narrative incorporating her feminist interpretation of this working-class woman's life. Especially interesting is Esperanza's participation in a spiritualist ritual centering on Pancho Villa. Behar also discusses her relationship with Esperanza in terms of class, ethnic, and national barriers. She concludes with a chapter on her own life and career; her discussion of her ethnicity and the status of Latinas in general is excellent. Recommended for most libraries.-- Gwen Gregory, U.S. Courts Lib., Phoenix

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