207 - Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico with Kathy Sosa and Dr. Jennifer Speed
207 - Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico with Kathy Sosa and Dr. Jennifer Speed
Listeners this week we're back with Kathy Sosa and Jennifer Speed
Kathy Sosa explores the artistic expression of mestizaje, the blending of peoples, races, ethnicities, languages, ideas, habits and cultures that characterizes the Texas-Mexico border region that has been her home since childhood.
Dr. Jennifer Speed is a native Texan and a historian with a special interest in biography and storytelling. Her work ranges in space and time from medieval Spain to early twentieth century Mexico and the U.S.
During this episode we talked about:
What sparked the curiousity to create their book "Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico"
How history is written by men and it was important for the stories to be told by women
The creation of this book, how long it took and the lessons they learned.
The Malinche, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Nahui Olin
Timestamps:
06:11 - How the idea of the book came about
10:31 - This isn't in Texas' history books
12:51 - San Antonio as a majority-minority city
16:30 - Why the book took longer
18:10 - The mixed genre of the book
20:39 - Assist people to tell their stories
21:57 - History is dominated by men
28:28 - The process of making an anthology
32:48 - Selecting the subjects
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