Gloria Anzaldúa (1942–2004)
Autor(a) de Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza
About the Author
A native of the Southwest, Anzaldua is a Chicana lesbian feminist theorist, creative writer, editor, and activist. She has taught Chicano studies, feminist studies, and writing at a number of universities. In addition, she has conducted writing workshops around the world and has been a contributing mostrar mais editor for the feminist literary journal Sinister Wisdom since 1984. She has also been active in the migrant farm workers movement. Anzaldua first came to critical attention with an anthology she coedited with Cherrie Moraga, another Chicana lesbian feminist theorist and writer. Titled This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981), the anthology includes poetry, fiction, autobiographical writing, criticism, and theory by Chicana, African American, Asian American, and Native American women who advocate change in academia and the culture at large. Anzaldua is well known for her second book, Borderlands/La Frontera (1987). It combines prose and poetry, history, autobiography, and criticism in Spanish, English, as well as Tex-Mex and Nahautl. Its purpose is to interrogate and deconstruct sexual, psychological, and spiritual borderlands as well as the United States-Mexican border. In 1990 Many Faces/Making Souls was published. Anzaldua currently resides in Santa Cruz, California. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Gloria Anzaldúa at Smith College, 1990 [credit: K. Kendall]
Obras de Gloria Anzaldúa
Making Face, Making Soul = Haciendo caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color (1990) — Editor — 341 cópias
“El sonavabitche” 1 exemplar(es)
Anzaldúa, Gloria Archive 1 exemplar(es)
Chicanas deslengüadas: vivir en la frontera 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Contribuinte — 514 cópias
Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Lore (1997) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 105 cópias
Daughters of the Fifth Sun: A Collection of Latina Fiction and Poetry (1995) — Contribuinte — 52 cópias
Currents from the Dancing River: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry (1994) — Contribuinte — 48 cópias
Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas-Mexican Literature (Southwestern Writers Collection) (2006) — Contribuinte — 27 cópias
Sinister Wisdom 36: Surviving Psychiatric Assault & Creating Emotional Well-Being in Our Communities (1988) — Editor — 13 cópias
Sinister Wisdom 38: With an Emphasis on Lesbian Relationships (1989) — Editor; Contribuinte — 5 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Anzaldúa, Gloria
- Nome de batismo
- Anzaldúa, Gloria Evangelina
- Data de nascimento
- 1942-09-26
- Data de falecimento
- 2004-05-15
- Local de enterro
- Valle de la Paz Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Texas
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Harlingen, Texas, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Santa Cruz, California, USA
- Causa da morte
- complications of diabetes
- Locais de residência
- Santa Cruz, California, USA
- Educação
- University of California, Santa Cruz (Ph.D|2005 - awarded posthumously)
University of Texas, Austin (MA|1972 - Comparative Literature)
Pan American University (BA|1968) - Ocupação
- feminist writer
- Premiações
- American Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award
Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award (1986)
Lesbian Rights Award (1991)
Lambda Lesbian Small Book Press Award (1991)
Sappho Award of Distinction (1992)
National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Award (1991) (mostrar todas 7)
Bode-Pearson Prize (2001)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 12
- Also by
- 52
- Membros
- 4,141
- Popularidade
- #6,080
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Resenhas
- 30
- ISBNs
- 56
- Idiomas
- 2
- Favorito
- 6