Elastic, Yet Unyielding

The U.S.-Mexico Border and Anzaldúa’s Oppositional Rearticulations of the Frontier

Bibliographic Data

ID7285696
AuthorsTereza Jiroutová Kynčlová (0000-0003-0325-0032, Charles University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume9
Issue3
Publication date2014-12-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336
PublisherEuropean Association for American Studies (PUBLISHER • FR)
DOI10.4000/ejas.10384
OpenAlexW2007704824
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

Gloria Anzaldúa’s concept of mestiza consciousness is presented in this article as a form of epistemology that makes non-binary and non-discriminatory reinterpretations of the Western concept of the border possible. Anzaldúa’s rearticulation of the U.S.-Mexican border is contrasted with established U.S. national myths of westward expansion. The writer’s project is further illustrated by a gender- and race-sensitive analysis of the poem “We Call Them Greasers,” carried out from a postcolonial perspective and a feminist position

Art · Consciousness · Epistemology · Frontier · Literature · Mythology · Perspective (graphical · Poetry · Race (biology · Sociology · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Classics · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Latin American Literature Studies · Philosophy

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