The Anzaldúan Theory Handbook

"In The Anzaldâuan Theory Handbook AnaLouise Keating provides a comprehensive investigation of the foundational theories, methods, and philosophies of Gloria E. Anzaldâua. Through archival research and close readings of Anzaldâua's unpublished and published writings, Keating offers a biographical-intellectual sketch of Anzaldâua's, investigates her writing process and theory-making methods, and excavates her archival manuscripts. Keating focuses on the breadth of Anzaldâua's theoretical oeuvre, including Anzaldâua's lesser-known concepts of autohistoria y autohistoria-teorâia, nos/otras, geographies of selves, and El Mundo Zurdo. By investigating those dimensions of Anzaldâua's theories, writings, and methods that have received less critical attention and by exploring the interconnections between these overlooked concepts and her better-known theories, Keating opens additional areas of investigation into Anzaldâua's work and models new ways to "do" Anzaldâuan theory. This book also includes extensive definitions, genealogies, and explorations of eighteen key Anzaldâuan theories as well as an annotated bibliography of hundreds of Anzaldâua's unpublished manuscripts"--