Papers by Leslie Espinoza
In this Afterword, Leslie Espinoza and Angela Harris identify some of the submerged themes of thi... more In this Afterword, Leslie Espinoza and Angela Harris identify some of the submerged themes of this Symposium and reflect on LatCrit theory more generally. Professor Harris argues that LatCrit theory reveals tensions between scholars wishing to transcend the "black-white paradigm" and proponents of "black exceptionalism. " Professor Espinoza argues that the papers presented in this Symposium often reproduce in their critiques the very problems they have identified with race theory, illustrating the proposition that race in the United States is a "Tar-Baby." Professor Harris argues that LatCrit theory's value lies in its insistence that questions of language, culture and nation are inextricably intertwined with questions of race. Professor Espinoza, placing LatCrit theory in the broader context of critical theory, expresses hope that storytelling as a method of scholarship will allow us to "re-story" the past and "re-imagine" the future.
In this Afterword, Leslie Espinoza and Angela Harris identify some of the submerged themes of thi... more In this Afterword, Leslie Espinoza and Angela Harris identify some of the submerged themes of this Symposium and reflect on LatCrit theory more generally. Professor Harris argues that LatCrit theory reveals tensions between scholars wishing to transcend the "black-white paradigm" and proponents of "black exceptionalism. " Professor Espinoza argues that the papers presented in this Symposium often reproduce in their critiques the very problems they have identified with race theory, illustrating the proposition that race in the United States is a "Tar-Baby." Professor Harris argues that LatCrit theory's value lies in its insistence that questions of language, culture and nation are inextricably intertwined with questions of race. Professor Espinoza, placing LatCrit theory in the broader context of critical theory, expresses hope that storytelling as a method of scholarship will allow us to "re-story" the past and "re-imagine" the future.
In this Afterword, Leslie Espinoza and Angela Harris identify some of the submerged themes of thi... more In this Afterword, Leslie Espinoza and Angela Harris identify some of the submerged themes of this Symposium and reflect on LatCrit theory more generally. Professor Harris argues that LatCrit theory reveals tensions between scholars wishing to transcend the "black-white paradigm" and proponents of "black exceptionalism. " Professor Espinoza argues that the papers presented in this Symposium often reproduce in their critiques the very problems they have identified with race theory, illustrating the proposition that race in the United States is a "Tar-Baby." Professor Harris argues that LatCrit theory's value lies in its insistence that questions of language, culture and nation are inextricably intertwined with questions of race. Professor Espinoza, placing LatCrit theory in the broader context of critical theory, expresses hope that storytelling as a method of scholarship will allow us to "re-story" the past and "re-imagine" the future.
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Papers by Leslie Espinoza