Borderlands / La Frontera, 5th Edition by Gloria Anzaldúa

Borderlands / La Frontera, 5th Edition

The New Mestiza 5th Edition

Gloria Anzaldúa, Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Aunt Lute Books · Print & ebook · March 11, 2022

Named one of the “Best Books of 1987” by Library Journal Selected by Utne Reader as part of its “Alternative Canon” in 1998 One of Hungry Mind Review's “Best 100 Books of the 20th Century” Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa’s experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged, and continue to challenge, how we think about identity.

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Who it’s for
Essays and poems make borders feel less like lines on a map than terrains we inhabit.
Genres
Hispanic American Studies, Feminist Theory & Criticism, LGBTQ+ Poetry
Published
Aunt Lute Books, March 11, 2022

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Named one of the “Best Books of 1987” by Library Journal Selected by Utne Reader as part of its “Alternative Canon” in 1998 One of Hungry Mind Review's “Best 100 Books of the 20th Century” Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa’s experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged, and continue to challenge, how we think about identity.

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Borderlands/La Frontera remaps our understanding of what a “border” is, presenting it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a psychic, social, and cultural terrain that we inhabit, and that inhabits all of us. This edition, coming March 1, 2022, will be a more condensed edition, containing only the original text from 1987, and will be at a more accessible price point for readers. For those looking for a scholarly context to this crucial work, the Critical Edition is currently available. The emotional and intellectual impact of the book is disorienting and powerful…all languages are spoken, and survival depends on understanding all modes of thought. In the borderlands new creatures come into being. Anzaldúa celebrates this "new mestiza" in bold, experimental writing. — The Village Voice Anzaldúa's pulsating weaving of innovative poetry with sparse informative prose brings us deep into the insider/outsider consciousness of the borderlands; that ancient and contemporary, crashing and blending world that divides and unites America. — Women’s Review of Books

Beyond the Divide

Essays and poems make borders feel less like lines on a map than terrains we inhabit.

Come here for

  • A fresh way to think about identity and the borders we carry
  • Essays and poems rooted in Chicana, lesbian, activist, and writer experience

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  • A layered challenge to simple divides between here and there, us and them
  • Bold, experimental writing that brings poetry and prose together

Where it sits

Hispanic American Studies54%
Feminist Theory & Criticism33%
LGBTQ+ Poetry32%

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Publisher categories

  • Hispanic & Latino Biography
  • Feminist Theory & Criticism
  • Hispanic American Studies
Authors
Gloria Anzaldúa, Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Publisher
Aunt Lute Books
Published
March 11, 2022
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Hispanic & Latino Biography