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| Editors | Cherríe Moraga Gloria E. Anzaldúa |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Feminism |
| Publisher | Persephone Press |
Publication date | 1981 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 261 pp. |
| ISBN | 978-0-930436-10-0 |
| OCLC | 7513991 |
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This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color is a feminist anthology edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa first published in 1981 by Persephone Press. The book centers on the experiences of women of color and emphasizes the points of what is now called intersectionality within their multiple identities,[1] challenging white feminists who made claims to solidarity based on sisterhood.[2] Writings in the anthology, along with works by other prominent feminists of color, call for a greater prominence within feminism for race-related subjectivities, and ultimately laid the foundation for third wave feminism. It is among the most cited books in feminist theory.[3]
The second edition was published in 1983 by Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press.[4] The book's third edition was published by Third Woman Press until 2008, when it went out of print. In 2015, the fourth edition was published by State University of New York Press, Albany.[5] In 2021, the fourtieth anniversary edition was also published by State University of New York Press. Each edition has a new foreword that connects world events that transpired in between the release of the last edition and the most recent edition to the book and its themes. Each edition also has the forewords of the previous editions.[6][7]
- ^ Moraga, Cherríe; Anzaldúa, Gloria (2015-02-11). This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color. SUNY Press. p. xxii. ISBN 9781438454382.
- ^ Nisha Agarwal (January 11, 2010). "This Bridge Called My Back: A Retro Look at Women of Color and Power". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- ^ Aenerud, Rebecca "Thinking Again: This Bridge Called My Back and the Challenge to Whiteness" in AnaLouise Keating; Gloria E. Anzaldúa (2002). This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation. p. 71.
- ^ Short, Kayann. "Coming to the Table: The Differential Politics of This Bridge called my Back, Genders 19, 1994, pp. 4–8.
- ^ Moraga, Cherríe; Anzaldúa, Gloria (2015-02-11). This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color. SUNY Press. ISBN 9781438454382.
- ^ LeRud, Lizzy (2020). "Radical Revision: Rewriting Feminism with This Bridge Called My Back and Kate Rushin's "The Bridge Poem"". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 39 (2): 303–327. doi:10.1353/tsw.2020.0022. ISSN 1936-1645.
- ^ Moraga, Cherríe; Anzaldúa, Gloria, eds. (2021). This bridge called my back: writings by radical women of color (40th anniversary ed.). Albany [New York]: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-8828-8.