Images of Latinas: Week 10
Voices from the Borderlands
As Anzaldúa says in her disctinctive style: "Los Estados Unidos es mi país, pero no mi patria. I cannot flee the U.S., my land resides beneath its borders. This was Indian land and in the deepest sense it remains just that: a land sin fronteras."
Readings:
- From Anzaldúa, "Crossers y otros Atravesados" pp. 140-48
- From Anzaldúa, "El retorno" pp. 192-202
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Questions
- Question 1: In this chapter Anzaldua refers to several borders,
what kind of borders is she articulating?
- Question 2: How does "No se Raje mi Chicanita" address the
political issues we have been discussing?
Group Presentation
3rd Paper Due March 27!!!!!!!!