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The Life And Work Of Gloria Anzaldúa: An Intellectual Biography, Elizabeth Anne Dahms
The Life And Work Of Gloria Anzaldúa: An Intellectual Biography, Elizabeth Anne Dahms
Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies
The writings and life of Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (1942-2004) have had an immense impact in a variety of disciplines. Her oft-cited text Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987) is included in many university courses’ reading lists for its contributions to discourses of hybridity, linguistics, intersectionality and women of color feminism, among others. Unfortunately, most scholars content themselves with the intricacies of Borderlands to the neglect of her corpus of work, which includes essays, books, edited volumes, children’s literature and fiction/autohistorias. This analysis presented here wishes to expand our understandings of Anzaldúa’s work by engaging with her pre- and post-Borderlands …