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lucianagv's review against another edition
5.0
I had to read this book for my marxism class. It was an amazing experience cause i didn't know what this reading will be holding for me. It was amazing, it has a lot of subjects, that are personally my interest, and it’ll also turned out to be one of my books for my thesis. I really liked that it wasn't another academic text, it was A WOMAN JUST WRITING ABOUT WOMANHOOD WITH HISTORY, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, LOVE, HATRED ON CULTURE, and the space that stays between mexican and american cultures. I cried, i felt angry, hopeful, sad and happy to read her and see how all of her questionings on her inside, had an answer.... most of them.
adelecorder's review against another edition
5.0
A beautiful portrait of the culture born from borders and the people who's identities aren't valued because they are "in between."
adelemoltedo's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Both the prose and the poetry are exceptional: Anzaldúa has an impressive talent in managing to catch fleeting experiences, complex identities in such poetic and at the same time informative language that you cannot really stop reading. This work is important as nonfiction, autobiography, memoir, but also for its scholarly relevance in border studies. Masterful.
isa_levogira's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
yikesbmg's review against another edition
4.0
Accessible language, incredible use of languages, great poetry at the end. Two of the essays were superb, others were above average.
stevia333k's review against another edition
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: Genocide, Racism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Classism
breadandmushrooms's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.75
samanthasshelf_'s review against another edition
I was having a really difficult time following, and would love an audiobook version to help with my comprehension. hoping to come back to this!