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House of Nepantla Ebook

Living with Gloria Anzaldúa

by Irene Reti

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About the Ebook
Writer and photographer Irene Reti lived with her friend/comadre Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (September 26, 1942 – May 15, 2004) for ten years in a house on the the edge of the sea in Santa Cruz, California. This photoessay interweaves images of Anzaldúa's house, and the border between ocean and land from where Anzaldúa drew inspiration and solace in the last period of her life. In her writing, Reti wrestles her grief over Anzaldúa's death from diabetes at age 61, but also pays tribute to the enduring prophetic power of Anzaldúa's theory of nepantla (in-between-ness/liminality), which is ever more relevant more than a decade after her death.
Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
  • Version Fixed-layout ebook, 65 pgs
  • Publish Date: Sep 11, 2017
  • Last edit Jul 05, 2022
  • Language English
  • Keywords Chicana feminism, nepantla, Gloria Anzaldúa, altares
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About the Creator
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Irene Reti
Capitola, California, USA

Irene Reti discovered landscape photography as a child on camping trips in the American West. Her love of nature inspired her to pursue a degree in environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Over the decades, she also honed her craft as a writer and small press feminist book publisher, and devoted herself to a career as an oral historian at the UC Santa Cruz Library’s Regional History Project. Reti synthesizes her photography with storytelling, writing, and book publishing. She believes photography, oral history, and writing can offer hope and joy during a time of radical uncertainty. Her photography has been recognized by the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA), the Lucie International Photography Awards for Handmade Photobooks, and Yosemite Renaissance. Also see irenereti.com

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