Anzaldúa and Transnational American Studies

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ID23130201
AuthorsDebra A Castillo (corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume121
Issue1
Pages260-265
Publication date2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-8129 • E-ISSN: 1938-1530
PublisherModern Language Association (MLA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1632/003081206x129819
OpenAlexW1998267041
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

For several years now, at least since the 2000 census, the United States has in one way or another told itself that it needs to come to terms with what it means to live in a country of over forty million Latinos/as. Latina actors grace the covers of People magazine, Latin beats percolate through the earbuds of iPods, and McDonald's serves up breakfast burritos alongside its McMuffins. In the academic world, the increasing consciousness of the Latino/a presence in the United States means that it is now unthinkable for any major university not to have a program of studies focusing on the histories and cultures of this ill-defined population; it means border theory is increasingly present on our syllabi; and it means that we all nod our heads wisely when the name “Gloria Anzaldúa” is mentioned. For years before her untimely death, Anzaldúa complained bitterly about being “repeatedly tokeni[zed]” (“Haciendo Caras” xvi), as one of the same half dozen women continually called on as a resource for academic collaboration. Being a token meant that she saw clearly how she was both overhyped and treated less than seriously; worse, she felt drained of the energy that would allow her to continue her literary and political work.

Dozen · Latin Americans · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Syllabus · Cuban History and Society · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Latin American Literature Studies · Law

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