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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
medium-paced
This book validated so many emotions, thoughts and ideas I had about my identity as a Latina born in The Valley. Anzaldua’s words felt liberating and left a new version of myself in need of being explored.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
Full disclosure: in accordance with my required reading, I only read the prose chapters, not the poems. Can’t afford to read more than I need to with the amount of reading necessary in this master’s program tbh
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
gloria anzaldúa’s writing style is so beautiful, and i thought it was really cool how she interspersed Chicana language throughout.
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
when this book came out originally in 87 (or thereabouts I believe), I’m sure it was revolutionary. reading it now I don’t feel that it changes much of my perspective.
if it were rewritten now, what would have to be changed is the desired audience. Borderlands/La Frontera is a bilingual book that doesn’t seem as though it is for bilingual people. it could be more spanglish. it does itself a disservice to have small bits of spanish (all translated). if you want to write bilingual you have to go all the way, otherwise it makes it feel as though this book is for white people and I don’t think that’s what it was intended to be.
I enjoyed parts of it but overall I wanted more from it and it did not broaden my perspective of being on the border of race/culture/gender/sexuality. I am glad I read it, though.
if it were rewritten now, what would have to be changed is the desired audience. Borderlands/La Frontera is a bilingual book that doesn’t seem as though it is for bilingual people. it could be more spanglish. it does itself a disservice to have small bits of spanish (all translated). if you want to write bilingual you have to go all the way, otherwise it makes it feel as though this book is for white people and I don’t think that’s what it was intended to be.
I enjoyed parts of it but overall I wanted more from it and it did not broaden my perspective of being on the border of race/culture/gender/sexuality. I am glad I read it, though.
A masterclass in bilingual poetry that calls to mind the borders, physical and spiritual, that divide and define both a country and an individual.
Topic five best books i have ever read. I cannot recommend enough.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced