Rhetorics of Nepantla, Memory, and the Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Papers: Archival Impulses explores the intersection of Chicana/o/x studies, Latina/o/x studies, archival studies, and public memory by examining the archival homes of cultural critic Gloria Anzaldúa. This book illustrates how her archive mirrors her philosophy of theories of the flesh and contains objects that, when placed together by the rhetor, perform the embodied ways of knowing of which she writes. Anzaldúa's archive is a generative space that requires a rhetorical perspective that is expansive, intersectional, and flexible enough to handle interactions between the objects found within and across archives. This book provides an account of how to discuss these interactions in theoretically and experientially meaningful ways. From the analysis of Anzaldúa's public speeches, the parallels between her birth certificate and creative writing, the planning documents of the 1995 Entre Américas: El Taller Nepantla artist retreat, and more, the author contributes to the fields of archival methods, gender studies, Anzaldúan scholarship, public memory, and rhetorical studies by illustrating why engaging the archives of women of color matters.

By Diana Isabel Martínez

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Archives Chapter 1 Archival Impulses: Nepantla as MethodChapter 2 Voices from the Archive: Family Names, Official Documents, and Unofficial Ideologies in the Gloria Anzaldúa PapersChapter 3 Making Experience Public: Contextualizing Anzaldúa's Public Engagements and Redrawing the Boundaries of SpeechChapter 4 Nepantla Autopathograpy and the Politics of CrisisChapter 5 Visuality, Community, and Theories of the Flesh: Art in NepantlaChapter 6 Remembering Gloria Anzaldúa Globally through a Documentary Altar: ALTAR Cruzando Fronteras, Building Bridges*Chapter 7 Finding Anzaldúa: Memorials, Altares, and Her Many Homes

Conclusion: Archival Impulses