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A review by stevia333k
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.
I finally got around to reading some of this book because bookclub, and the topic was autotheory. Apparently, this was one of the first works of autotheory.
I read 2 sections/essays in this book. Basically i learned why this book is problematic.
There was a portion about la raza cósmica that explained a lot of discourse (including a no citations given "the skeptical feminist" (1995) for would-be Scarlet O'Hara-s) & why feminists citing Anzaldúa go off the rails in my experience.
Basically anytime you start by celebrating a more inclusive nazism, shit's going to suck. And sure, it's an attempt to answer how to do ancestor worship when some of your settler ancestors SA'd your indigenous ancestors, but genetics don't put food on the table, promises do. Basically this book was in massive need of skin folk ain't kin folk.
I haven't even gotten into how the settler colonialism still needs to be decolonized from, mexican, canadian, and usamerican (for 3 examples).
I did like the part about talking about the different accents of Spanish & as someone whose first language was gesturing & would've more aligned with ASL instead of English, this "Spanglish" part was always the part that touched my heart. (If i elaborate then I'm journalling.)
I read 2 sections/essays in this book. Basically i learned why this book is problematic.
There was a portion about la raza cósmica that explained a lot of discourse (including a no citations given "the skeptical feminist" (1995) for would-be Scarlet O'Hara-s) & why feminists citing Anzaldúa go off the rails in my experience.
Basically anytime you start by celebrating a more inclusive nazism, shit's going to suck. And sure, it's an attempt to answer how to do ancestor worship when some of your settler ancestors SA'd your indigenous ancestors, but genetics don't put food on the table, promises do. Basically this book was in massive need of skin folk ain't kin folk.
I haven't even gotten into how the settler colonialism still needs to be decolonized from, mexican, canadian, and usamerican (for 3 examples).
I did like the part about talking about the different accents of Spanish & as someone whose first language was gesturing & would've more aligned with ASL instead of English, this "Spanglish" part was always the part that touched my heart. (If i elaborate then I'm journalling.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Genocide, Xenophobia, Racism, and Sexual violence