The Gloria Anzaldúa reader

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The work The Gloria Anzaldúa reader represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The Gloria Anzaldúa reader

Statement of responsibility

Gloria E. Anzaldúa ; AnaLouise Keating, editor

Creator

• Anzaldúa, Gloria

Contributor

• Keating, AnaLouise, 1961-

Subject

• Authors, American
• Authors, American -- 20th century
• Lesbians in literature
• Lesbians in literature
• Mexican American lesbians
• Mexican American lesbians
• Mexican American women authors
• Mexican American women authors -- 20th century
• Mexican Americans in literature
• Mexican Americans in literature
• 1900-1999

Language

eng

Summary

"Born in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria 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 anthologies, including the groundbreaking This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, she played an equally vital role in developing an inclusionary, multicultural feminist movement. A versatile author, Anzaldua published poetry, theoretical essays, short stories, autobiographical narratives, interviews, and children's books. Her work, which has been included in more than 100 anthologies to date, has helped to transform academic fields including American, Chicano/a, composition, ethnic, literary, and women's studies." "This reader - which provides a representative sample of the poetry, prose, fiction, and experimental autobiographical writing that Anzaldua produced during her thirty-year career - demonstrates the breadth and philosophical depth of her work. While the reader contains much of Anzaldua's published writing (including several pieces now out of print), more than half the material has never before been published. This newly available work offers fresh insights into crucial aspects of Anzaldua's life and career, including her upbringing, education, teaching experiences, writing practice and aesthetics, lifelong health struggles, and interest in visual art, as well as her theories of disability, multiculturalism, pedagogy, and spiritual activism. The pieces are arranged chronologically; each one is preceded by a brief introduction. The collection includes a glossary of Anzaldua's key terms and concepts, a timeline of her life, primary and secondary bibliographies, and a detailed index."--Jacket

Member of

• Latin America otherwise

Cataloging source

NcD/DLC

Dewey number

818/.5409

Index

index present

LC call number

PS3551.N95

LC item number

A6 2009

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Latin America otherwise