322 reviews for:

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Fourth Edition

Gloria E. Anzaldúa

4.34 AVERAGE

ufloat2's review against another edition

4.0

challenging sad medium-paced

justjoshperez's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

k_berry's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

aclassicalmess's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

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When I write it feels like I'm carving bone. It feels like I'm creating my own face, my own heart-a Nahuatl concept. My soul makes itself through the creative act. It is constantly remaking and giving birth to itself through my body. It is this learning  to live with la Coatlicue that transforms living in the Borderlands  from a nightmare into a numinous experience.

I had to read the first two chapters of this for my uni course and found it interesting enough to want to continue and I am very glad I did. I loved quite a few of the essays and learned a lot from them, the poetry section I was less a fan. But some of these essays feel like must-reads especially the first two and possibly the fifth one as well. 

shhkira's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

varijoan's review against another edition

4.0

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CW: sexual assault in a lot of the poems in the second half

moonamidheaven's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

daydreams's review against another edition

3.5

challenging reflective medium-paced

magg13gut's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective slow-paced

alexcarlson32's review against another edition

5.0

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Incredibly powerful and insightful writings by Anzaldúa that have really expanded my knowledge of myself and my environment. The discussion of Hispanic culture was also really impactful and valuable