![]() ![]() asks us to consider the sexual abuse of a woman and child as an act of political violence. " opens our eyes to the risks we need to confront in order to do serious feminist history." -Cynthia Enloe With essays on Puerto Rican-Jewish relations, English as a Puerto Rican language, and race and the invention of "whiteness." ![]() Levins Morales is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and was raised as a Jewish "red diaper baby" in the mountains of Puerto Rico.Īt the heart of this book is the conviction that our survival depends on crafting a political practice capable of healing all our wounds, from global, macro-economic injustices to the intimate scars of cruelty in our own lives. Her lyrical meditations on ecology, children's liberation, sexuality, and history show how political transformation and personal healing are inextricably bound. In Medicine Stories, Levins Morales writes lucidly about the complexities of social identity. History, Culture, and the Politics of Integrity ![]()
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