Elastic, Yet Unyielding: The U.S.-Mexico Border and Anzaldúa’s Oppositional Rearticulations of the Frontier
Gloria Anzaldúa’s concept of mestiza consciousness is presented in this article as a form of epistemology that makes non-binary and non-discriminatory reinterpretations of the Western concept of the border possible. Anzaldúa’s rearticulation of the U.S.-Mexican border is contrasted with established...
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Main Author: | Tereza Jiroutová Kynčlová |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Association for American Studies
2014-12-01
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Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10384 |
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