Reclaiming Identity: Testimoñios of Latinas at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Abstract
This paper focuses on the of ten graduate Latinas from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. as a research tool disrupts traditional education so that the individual reclaims identity and power. As Anzaldúa contested, distorted histories create an us vs. them mentality. Thus, becomes a way in which to topple the hierarchy and unmask the hegemony of education. It validates cultural knowledge, is subjective, politically grounded, and relates sociohistorical situations to the human experience. Accordingly, this research centers on new interpretations, experiences in higher education, and inspires transformative paradigms that contest interlocking systems of power. As a counternarrative, it challenges majoritarian stories rooted in Eurocentrism, offering a safe space for urgent stories to be heard. Like this, it humanizes these experiences, while conveying an epistemology of truth.
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Caddel, Cecile, "Reclaiming Identity: Testimoñios of Latinas at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley" (2021). Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative. 78.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2021/2021/78
Reclaiming Identity: Testimoñios of Latinas at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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This paper focuses on the of ten graduate Latinas from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. as a research tool disrupts traditional education so that the individual reclaims identity and power. As Anzaldúa contested, distorted histories create an us vs. them mentality. Thus, becomes a way in which to topple the hierarchy and unmask the hegemony of education. It validates cultural knowledge, is subjective, politically grounded, and relates sociohistorical situations to the human experience. Accordingly, this research centers on new interpretations, experiences in higher education, and inspires transformative paradigms that contest interlocking systems of power. As a counternarrative, it challenges majoritarian stories rooted in Eurocentrism, offering a safe space for urgent stories to be heard. Like this, it humanizes these experiences, while conveying an epistemology of truth.
