Feminist Liberation Practice with Latinx Women

<p>This book unearths ancestral wisdom to address the needs of oppressed women in both the Global South and Global North. Focusing on Latinx womxn it empowers through decoloniality liberation <i>mujerismo</i> and <i>nepantlismo</i>. As such Latinx womxn compose their <i>testimonios</i> engage in critical consciousness and commit to global liberation. <i>Mujerismo</i>--a dissident daughter of liberation theology--is a Latinx womanism with anti-patriarchal anticolonial anti-neocolonial and antiracial-gendered colonial orientations. <i>Mujeristas</i> appropriate cultural/religious/spiritual symbols to construct empowering new meanings for decolonization and liberation. Feminist liberation practices assist in this process. When Latinx womxn’s immigration accentuates inhabiting the cultural borderlands they enter <i>Nepantla--</i>a <i>place in between—</i>to reclaim themselves and to heal soul wounds and trauma. Rooted in the <i>Nahuatl</i> concept of collective transformation<i> Nepantla</i> encourages the development of psychospiritual abilities. As Latinx womxn engage in <i>nepantlismo</i> they awaken their spiritual faculties to become instruments of courage resistance revolution love and hope. </p><p>This book will be valuable to researchers therapists and educators interested in the practice of feminist therapy. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of <i>Women & Therapy. </i></p>