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According to Anzaldúa, what is the function of a border? What is the function of a border in your own opinion? What associations around the word border did you hold before completing today's reading? How do you think your life experiences, nationality, ethnic background, and/or membership in any particular groups (whether marginalized or conventional) have affected these opinions and associations that you hold?
Students should refer to the passage in Chapter 1: El otro México in which Anzaldúa reflects on the purpose of borders in general and the U.S./Mexico border specifically. They will note that Anzaldúa's definition is multi-tiered but that the overall tone tends...
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