{"product_id":"the-gloria-anzaldua-reader","title":"The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader","description":"Born in the R?o Grande Valley of south Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria Anzald?a was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. As the author of \u003ci\u003eBorderlands \/ La Frontera: The New Mestiza\u003c\/i\u003e, Anzald?a played a major role in shaping contemporary Chicano\/a and lesbian\/queer theories and identities. As an editor of three anthologies, including the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eThis Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color\u003c\/i\u003e, she played an equally vital role in developing an inclusionary, multicultural feminist movement. A versatile author, Anzald?a published poetry, theoretical essays, short stories, autobiographical narratives, interviews, and children's books. Her work, which has been included in more than 100 anthologies to date, has helped to transform academic fields including American, Chicano\/a, composition, ethnic, literary, and women's studies.\u003cp\u003eThis reader--which provides a representative sample of the poetry, prose, fiction, and experimental autobiographical writing that Anzald?a produced during her thirty-year career--demonstrates the breadth and philosophical depth of her work. While the reader contains much of Anzald?a's published writing (including several pieces now out of print), more than half the material has never before been published. This newly available work offers fresh insights into crucial aspects of Anzald?a's life and career, including her upbringing, education, teaching experiences, writing practice and aesthetics, lifelong health struggles, and interest in visual art, as well as her theories of disability, multiculturalism, pedagogy, and spiritual activism. The pieces are arranged chronologically; each one is preceded by a brief introduction. The collection includes a glossary of Anzald?a's key terms and concepts, a timeline of her life, primary and secondary bibliographies, and a detailed index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004) was a visionary writer whose work was recognized with many honors, including the Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, a Lambda literary award, the National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Award, and the Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies. Her book \u003ci\u003eBorderlands\/La frontera\u003c\/i\u003e was selected as one of the 100 Best Books of the Century by \u003ci\u003eHungry Mind Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. AnaLouise Keating, Professor of Women's Studies at Texas Woman's University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen Reading, Women Writing: Self-Invention in Paula Gunn Allen, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Audre Lorde\u003c\/i\u003e; editor of Anzaldúa's \u003ci\u003eInterviews\/Entrevistas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEntreMundos\/AmongWorlds: New Perspectives on Gloria Anzaldúa\u003c\/i\u003e; and co-editor, with Anzaldúa, of \u003ci\u003ethis bridge we call home: radical visions for transformation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnaLouise Keating, Professor of Women's Studies at Texas Woman's University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen Reading, Women Writing: Self-Invention in Paula Gunn Allen, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Audre Lorde\u003c\/i\u003e; editor of Anzaldúa's \u003ci\u003eInterviews\/Entrevistas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEntreMundos\/AmongWorlds: New Perspectives on Gloria Anzaldúa\u003c\/i\u003e; and co-editor, with Anzaldúa, of \u003ci\u003ethis bridge we call home: radical visions for transformation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649906675986,"sku":"9780822345640","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_86734adb-8b6e-4d72-8309-4e4650f04273.jpg?v=1733276676","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gloria-anzaldua-reader","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}