
Borderlands / La Frontera, 5th Edition
The New Mestiza 5th Edition
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
Expect
- 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 Studies | 54% |
|---|---|
| Feminist Theory & Criticism | 33% |
| LGBTQ+ Poetry | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
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