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Letter to My Children from a Place Called Land
- Source :
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Global Studies of Childhood . Jun 2017 7(2):196-206. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Initially written in the form of an essay, this letter is written to my children from a place called Land. It unveils the entanglements coloniality creates in young, racialized, and gendered lives through the colonial logics structuring childhood, memory, and borders. From a diasporic perspective, Land emerges as "flesh" rooted in the "saberes," the knowledge of our mothers and grandmothers. Remembering and returning to the places we call home, in my case, US/Mexico border, help us grapple with trauma and also learn ways people respond to the violence. I illuminate the colonial wounds we bare and the knowledge we carry to suture and heal.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2043-6106
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Global Studies of Childhood
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1245917
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Opinion Papers<br />Reports - Descriptive
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/2043610617703846