Gloria Anzaldúa (1942–2004)
Auteur van Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza
Over de Auteur
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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Fotografie: Gloria Anzaldúa at Smith College, 1990 [credit: K. Kendall]
Werken van Gloria Anzaldúa
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981) — Redacteur — 1,314 exemplaren
Making Face, Making Soul = Haciendo caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color (1990) — Redacteur — 343 exemplaren
Light in the dark = Luz en lo oscuro : rewriting identity, spirituality, reality (2015) 72 exemplaren
“El sonavabitche” 1 exemplaar
Anzaldúa, Gloria Archive 1 exemplaar
Chicanas deslengüadas: vivir en la frontera 1 exemplaar
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Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Medewerker — 514 exemplaren
Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Lore (1997) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 107 exemplaren
Daughters of the Fifth Sun: A Collection of Latina Fiction and Poetry (1995) — Medewerker — 53 exemplaren
Currents from the Dancing River: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry (1994) — Medewerker — 48 exemplaren
Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas-Mexican Literature (Southwestern Writers Collection) (2006) — Medewerker — 27 exemplaren
Sinister Wisdom 43/44: The 15th Anniversary Retrospective (1991) — Redacteur; Medewerker — 20 exemplaren
Sinister Wisdom 36: Surviving Psychiatric Assault & Creating Emotional Well-Being in Our Communities (1988) — Redacteur — 13 exemplaren
Sinister Wisdom 34: Special Issue on Lesbian Visions, Fantasy, Sci-Fi (1988) — Redacteur — 9 exemplaren
Sinister Wisdom 38: With an Emphasis on Lesbian Relationships (1989) — Redacteur; Medewerker — 5 exemplaren
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- Gangbare naam
- Anzaldúa, Gloria
- Officiële naam
- Anzaldúa, Gloria Evangelina
- Geboortedatum
- 1942-09-26
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2004-05-15
- Graflocatie
- Valle de la Paz Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Texas
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Harlingen, Texas, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Santa Cruz, California, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- complications of diabetes
- Woonplaatsen
- Santa Cruz, California, USA
- Opleiding
- University of California, Santa Cruz (Ph.D|2005 - awarded posthumously)
University of Texas, Austin (MA|1972 - Comparative Literature)
Pan American University (BA|1968) - Beroepen
- feminist writer
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- 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) (toon alle 7)
Bode-Pearson Prize (2001)
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