Authors: Aurora Levins Morales
ISBN-13: 9780896086449, ISBN-10: 0896086445
Format: Paperback
Publisher: South End Press
Date Published: November 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)
A historical memoir that revives connections to legends and lore, and bears witness to oppression and resistance.
Morales, a teacher of women's studies, offers a history of the many women and cultures who have met at the crossroads of the island of Puerto Rico, beginning with the First Mother in Africa 200,000 years ago. She weaves in her own story of pain and healing with stories of figures including Juana de Asbaje, author of the first feminist essays written in the New World in 1693, and Gracia Nasi, Constantinople's "Queen of the Jews." These accounts are enriched with information on herbal remedies and traditional foods. Includes a glossary. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Agradecimientos | ||
Preface | ||
Introduction: Revision | ||
Bisabuelas | ||
Gingko | 1 | |
Women of Yams - West Africa: - 50,000 to 200 | 3 | |
Wild Yam | 5 | |
Banana Peel | 7 | |
Women of Bread - The Mediterranean: - 12,000 to-1,500 | 8 | |
Morivivi | 18 | |
Scars | 19 | |
Women of Yuca - America: - 15,000 to 500 | 20 | |
Potatoes | 21 | |
Tobacco | 24 | |
Abuelas | ||
West African Women: 600 to 1400 | 27 | |
American Women: 700 to 1400 | 32 | |
Mediterranean Women: 600 to 1400 | 35 | |
Olive Oil | 40 | |
Pomegranates | 46 | |
Premonitions | 47 | |
Discovery | ||
Huracan: 1492-1600 | ||
Bitters | 64 | |
Romero | 66 | |
Alegria | 87 | |
Calendula | 95 | |
Jenjibre: 1600-1699 | ||
Ginger | 107 | |
Llanten | 123 | |
Parteras: 1700-1798 | ||
White Pine | 127 | |
Anamu | 140 | |
Lazos: 1798-1898 | ||
Melao | 141 | |
Yerba Buena | 143 | |
Yellow Dock | 153 | |
Aguacero: 1899-1929 | ||
Ruda | 168 | |
Maguey | 174 | |
Mullein | 177 | |
Derrumbe: 1930-1954 | ||
Malanga | 183 | |
Naranja | 188 | |
Milk Thistle | 204 | |
La Botanica (Sources) | 209 | |
Glossary of Selected Words | 229 | |
Medicine Cabinet | 232 | |
Index of Historical Persons | 233 |