{"product_id":"we-are-nature-defending-itself-an-anthology-of-women-on-bodies-borders-and-place-hardcover","title":"We Are Nature Defending Itself: An Anthology of Women on Bodies, Borders, and Place - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCordelia E. Barrera\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eShelley Armitage\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eKimberly Blaeser\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the words of series editor Steven L. Davis, \u003ci\u003eWe Are Nature Defending Itself: An Anthology of Women on Bodies, Borders, and Place\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a revelation, a multicultural blend of well-known and emerging writers who come together to give nature a voice in our literature and our lives.\" Not least of the many benefits to readers are its contributions from prominent Latina writers, presented here as advocates for the environment. Though this theme has long existed in Chicana literature, it has never been positioned as front and center as it is in this anthology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Volume editor Cordelia E. Barrera also includes notable Anglo, African American, and Indigenous contributors, crafting a true cultural blend of distinctive writing that will appeal to older generations while inspiring new ones. By incorporating these border voices, this collection effectively challenges long-dominant mythologies of the American West and offers a prominent place for literatures of social justice and the environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The mix of poems, stories, and essays are divided into three sections: Bodies, Landscape, and Practices. Part I begins with the idea of experiencing and feeling a history of the body's contact with landscapes and places as repositories of knowledge. Part II extends beyond particulars of private or public life to consider issues of place as sites and locations of radical action. Part III features ruminations and traditions of remembering, highlighting reciprocal relationships to the natural world that extend outward to the ways \"women's work\" in and around the home shapes communal processes that reinforce continuity across time and space. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Are Nature Defending Itself\u003c\/i\u003e adds important new work to the growing canon of nature and borderlands writing by women of color. In turn, these new voices deepen and broaden our understanding of humanity and its relationship to the natural environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e CORDELIA E. BARRERA is a professor of English at Texas Tech University, where she specializes in Latinx and borderlands literatures. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Haunted Southwest: Towards an Ethics of Place in Borderlands Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.12 x 6.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984065757485,"sku":"9781648433733","price":35.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Zs9gXhOpKC9781648433733.webp?v=1776081713","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/we-are-nature-defending-itself-an-anthology-of-women-on-bodies-borders-and-place-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}