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nrossi23's review against another edition
3.0
astoundingly confusing! but i can appreciate and understand some of the messages within. anzaldúa really did have a talent for mixing the personal and historical into one. but the inability to understand some of the text, while intentional, still leads to a slight disconnect between reader and anzaldúa.
drbjjcarpenter's review against another edition
4.0
Anzaldúa articulates a unique perspective on the identity of the borderlands. Unfortunately, I have no grasp of any form of Spanish, so many of her insights are lost to me. But that's quite fitting in terms of what she's trying to articulate.
bastimapache's review against another edition
4.0
Teoría feminista decolonial desde el cuerpo, la experiencia y la poesía. Exquisito.
dreamereternal's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
3.75
It's astounding and a little heartbreaking how much even some 30 something years on how Anzaldua's combination of prose, poetry, theory and personal narrative still resonate so much today. There is plenty that more intelligent and immersed scholars and activist have said about this work that are probably worth reading, but for my own part I'm just really glad I had the chance to read the work in full and mull a bit over it. I'm always learning and growing and having this foundation beyond excerpts picked to support or use for class work, but the chance to engage with her writing on my own terms and to my own understanding is something I feel will be transformative down the line. Really thankful that this work exists and is still so integral to Chicana literature as a whole.
readouid's review against another edition
5.0
My experience of reading this book as a feminist white woman was interesting. So many passages resonated with me, although I also feel it important to note the distinction between saying they *resonated* with me and saying I *related* to Anzaldua's perspective. The process of reading this book is a process of examining your own intersections of race, geography, gender, sex, religion, spirituality, and culture. Sometimes you bump up against something in this book that you can't claim or own, although you find it beautiful. A few pages later you encounter something that feels like it really articulated something you've always felt and wanted to say about your own life. That's one of the magical things about Anzaldua's exploration of living in various borderlands, between genres, between races, between countries, between cultures, between generations, between spiritual outlooks, etc., and why this book is such an important foundation for current conversations about intersectionality-- finding where you intersect with Anzaldua and where you find a wall is just as educational as what she shares about her experience.
rachelhelps's review against another edition
2.0
This novel(?) is a summary of the situation of US/Mexico border people, and then some poetry about it, with a lot of Spanish in it. I never understand what I'm supposed to do with this kind of literature. It makes me feel weird about being white. Like, it's stupid that people I share a race with were mean to the people who were already here, but I feel like there's not much I can do about it, besides trying not to be racist. Anyway. I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about it. I learned a lot about Chicano/border culture, but I wouldn't call it "fun" reading.