Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza is a collection of theoretical texts, memoir, and poetry, first published in 1987. Since then, it has become not just Anzaldúa’s most famous work, but a foundational text in Chicana/o, gay and lesbian, feminist, and American studies. The book centers around the idea of a “borderland,” or a place where divisions imposed by those in power breed violence as well as ambiguity and the possibility for change. The U.S.-Mexico border is the central “borderland” which Anzaldúa discusses, but she also uses the idea of the borderland to talk about the experiences of Mexican Americans throughout the United States, as well as to other groups, such as queer...
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