The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader
by Anzaldua, Gloria E.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-12-01
Publisher(s): Duke Univ Pr
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Summary
Gloria Anzalda was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. As the author of Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Anzalda played a major role in shaping contemporary Chicano/a and lesbian/queer theories and identities. As an editor of three anthologies, including the groundbreaking This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, she played an equally vital role in developing an inclusive, multicultural feminist movement.
Author Biography
Gloria E. Anzalda (1942-2004) was an independent scholar and creative writer whose work has been recognized with many honors. AnaLouise Keating is Professor of Women's Studies at Texas Woman's University.
Table of Contents
| Editor's Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction: Reading Gloria Anzaldúa, Reading Ourselves ... Complex Intimacies, Intricate Connections | p. 1 |
| "Early" Writings | |
| Tihueque | p. 19 |
| To Delia, Who Failed on Principles | p. 20 |
| Reincarnation | p. 21 |
| The Occupant | p. 22 |
| I Want To Be Shocked Shitless | p. 23 |
| The New Speakers | p. 24 |
| Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers | p. 26 |
| The coming of el mundo surdo | p. 36 |
| La Prieta | p. 38 |
| El paisano is a bird of good omen | p. 51 |
| Dream of the Double-Faced Woman | p. 70 |
| Foreword to the Second Edition (of This Bridge Called My Back) | p. 72 |
| Spirituality, Sexuality, and the Body: An Interview with Linda Smuckler | p. 74 |
| "Middle" Writings | |
| Enemy of the State | p. 97 |
| Del Otro Lado | p. 99 |
| Encountering the Medusa | p. 101 |
| Creativity and Switching Modes of Consciousness | p. 103 |
| En Rapport, In Opposition: Cobrando cuentas a las nuestras | p. 111 |
| The Presence | p. 119 |
| Metaphors in the Tradition of the Shaman | p. 121 |
| Haciendo caras, una entrada | p. 124 |
| Bridge, Drawbridge, Sandbar, or Island: Lesbians-of-Color Hacienda Alianzas | p. 140 |
| Ghost Trap/Trampa de espanto | p. 157 |
| To(o) Queer the Writer-Loca, escritora y chicana | p. 163 |
| Border Arte: Nepantla, el Lugar de la Frontera | p. 176 |
| On the Process of Writing Borderlands / La Frontera | p. 187 |
| La vulva es una herida abierta / The vulva is an open wound | p. 198 |
| The New Mestiza Nation: A Multicultural Movement | p. 203 |
| Gallery of Images | p. 217 |
| "Later" Writings | |
| Foreword to Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit | p. 229 |
| How to | p. 232 |
| Memoir-My Calling; or, Notes for "How Prieta Came to Write" | p. 235 |
| When I write I hover | p. 238 |
| Transforming American Studies: 2001 Bode-Pearson Prize Acceptance Speech | p. 239 |
| Yemayá | p. 242 |
| (Un)natural bridges, (Un)safe spaces | p. 243 |
| Healing wounds | p. 249 |
| Reading LP | p. 250 |
| A Short Q & A between LP and Her Author (GEA) | p. 274 |
| Like a spider in her web | p. 276 |
| Bearing Witness: Their Eyes Anticipate the Healing | p. 277 |
| The Postmodern Llorona | p. 280 |
| Speaking across the Divide | p. 282 |
| Llorona Coyolxauhqui | p. 295 |
| Disability & Identity: An E-mail Exchange & a Few Additional Thoughts | p. 298 |
| Let us be the healing of the wound: The Coyolxauhqui imperative-la sombra y el sueno | p. 303 |
| Glossary | p. 319 |
| Timeline: Some Highlights from Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa's Life | p. 325 |
| Bibliography | p. 337 |
| Index | p. 351 |
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