Rooted in Gloria AnzaldAa's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the groundbreaking essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged how we think about identity. Borderlands/La Frontera remapped our understanding of what a "border" is, seeing it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a ...
Essays and creative pieces on a variety of subjects by women of color, exploring their concerns from a feminist perspective. Edited by Gloria Anzaldua, whom the Journal of the Southwest has called "an accomplished writer, able to marshal passionate intensity in support of her attempt to do away with dualities.
One of the foremost feminist thinkers and activists of our time, and one of the first openly lesbian Chicana writers, Gloria E. Anzald.a here recounts her life, explains many aspects of her thought, and explores postcolonial theory. A key document for those engaged in postcoloniality, feminist theory or the study of queer identities.
One day she can remember, Prietita has heard frightening stories of the legendary ghost woman who steals little children at night. When Prietita goes is search of an herb to heal her sick mother, she becomes lost in the woods. Here Prietita discovers that la Lorona is not what people expect, but rather a compassionate woman who helps her on her ...
Over twenty years the ground-breaking anthology This Bridge Called my Back challenged feminists to envision new forms of communities and practices, Gloria E. Anzaldua and AnaLouise Keating have brought together an ambitions new collection of over eighty original contributions offering a bold new vision of women-of-colour consciousness for the ...
Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaquin receives help and friendship from Prietita, a brave young Mexican American girl.
Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaquin receives help and friendship from Prietita, a brave young Mexican American girl.
Over twenty years the ground-breaking anthology This Bridge Called my Back challenged feminists to envision new forms of communities and practices, Gloria E. Anzaldua and AnaLouise Keating have brought together an ambitions new collection of over eighty original contributions offering a bold new vision of women-of-colour consciousness for the ...
Born in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria E. Anzaldua was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. As the author of "Borderlands/La frontera: The New Mestiza", Anzaldua played a major role in shaping contemporary Chicano/a and lesbian/queer theories and identities. As an editor of three ...
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