...Editor’s Introduction<subtitle><italic>Re-envisioning Coyolxauhqui, Decolonizing Reality</italic> Anzaldúa’s Twenty-First-Century Imperative</subtitle> ...

... First drafted shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon, this chapter explores key elements in Anzaldúa’s onto-epistemology (“desconocimientos,” “the path of conocimiento”); aesthetics (“the Coyolxauhqui imperative”); and ethics (“spiritual activism...

... This chapter presents the most detailed, extensive discussion of Anzaldúa’s theory and practice of writing, which she calls “the Coyolxauhqui process.” Anzaldúa narrates her entire creative process, the call for papers, idea generation, pre-drafting, writing blocks, multiple revisions, and essay...

... writing process nepantla Coyolxauhqui imperative creativity ...

... of the Coyolxauhqui process to individual and collective identity (re)formation and develops a theory of “new tribalism”: an innovative, rhizomatic theory of affinity-based identities and a provocative alternative to both assimilation and separatism. She offers a careful, sophisticated critique of narrow nationalisms...

... practice–called “the Coyolxauhqui process.” Retraces her journey through the museum’s exhibit, Anzaldúa explores colonialism, neocolonialism, and the subjugated artist’s role in the decolonization process. Emphasizing border arte’s personal and collective dimensions, Anzaldúa connects her aesthetics...