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A review by keight
Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
4.0
Borders are set up to define the places that are safe and unsafe, to distinguish us from them. A border is a dividing line, a narrow strip along a steep edge. A borderland is a vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary. It is in a constant state of transition. The prohibited and forbidden are its inhabitants.
One of those books I've been meaning to read for many years, Borderlands / La Frontera was a groundbreaking book when it was published in the late 1980s and the term "intersectionality" hadn't been coined yet. Today (hopefully) the concept of enmeshed oppressions is more familiar, though her framing of Mexico's history from an Aztlán perspective will likely be less so. In today's political climate, that view of the space where the US and Mexico meet is more important than ever, but that is not the only dividing line established here. Read more on my booklog
One of those books I've been meaning to read for many years, Borderlands / La Frontera was a groundbreaking book when it was published in the late 1980s and the term "intersectionality" hadn't been coined yet. Today (hopefully) the concept of enmeshed oppressions is more familiar, though her framing of Mexico's history from an Aztlán perspective will likely be less so. In today's political climate, that view of the space where the US and Mexico meet is more important than ever, but that is not the only dividing line established here. Read more on my booklog