From Borderlands and New Mestizas to Nepantlas and Nepantleras: Anzaldúan Theories for Social Change
2006; The MIT Press; Volume: 4; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1540-5699
Autores Tópico(s)Latin American history and culture
ResumoPerhaps not surprisingly—given multifaceted nature of Borderlands and diver- sity of Anzaldua's other writings—readers have overlooked additional, equally important dimensions of her work, leaving what Anzaldua might call blank spots that prevent us from grasping radical nature of her vision for social change and crucial ways her theories have developed since 1987 publication of Borderlands. Even as scholars continue exploring Border- lands, it is my hope that we will also investigate and write about Anzaldua's pre- and post- Borderlands ideas, especially a variety of interlinked theories she was working on at time of her death—including, but not limited to: new tribalism; geography of selves; el mundo zurdo; activism; la naguala, or watcher; the Coyolxauhqui imperative; the imaginal; autohistoria/autohistoria-teoria; nos/otras; conocimiento; nepantla; and nepantleras. These Anzalduan theories (as well as others) have not yet received attention they merit. These concepts are crucial for those scholars hoping to understand development of her thinking and complexity of her work. More importantly for my argument here, these theories offer very useful tools for social change. In this article, I briefly discuss five of these the- ories: nepantla and nepantleras, nos/otras, conocimiento, and spiritual activism.
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