
Gloria Anzaldúa
1942 – 2004
26 works on record
Biography
“A woman who writes has power, and a woman with power is feared.”
– Gloria Anzaldúa
Gloria E. Anzaldúa was a guiding force in defining the contemporary Chicano/Chicana movement and a leader in lesbian and queer theory and identity. Born in southern Texas in 1977 she moved to California where she supported herself through her writing, lectures, and occasionally teaching courses in feminism, Chicano studies, or creative writing. She is perhaps best known for co-editing This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981) with Cherri Moraga, a groundbreaking publication not only as a collection by feminists of color, but also for confronting the racism/classism found at the time in feminist thinking. The collection is also noteworthy for fully embracing lesbian voices and concerns and making a clear case that feminism should be inclusionary. Anzaldúa also edited the follow-up volume Making Face: Making Soul/Hacienda Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Women of Color (1990). Voted one of the 100 Best Books of the 20th century by both The Hungry Mind Review and Utne Reader, her semi-autobiographical book, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987), explored the borders between countries, languages, genders, the classes, and even within oneself. She also wrote several bi-lingual children’s books and co-edited This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation (2002). Anzaldúa was adamant about the limiting quality of labels and against all things that separated people. For her, inclusion was essential in the gay movement as well. She was one of the first to champion the “otherness” of the queer movement. The recipient of numerous accolades and awards, she died in 2004 from complications due to diabetes.
-credits to legacyprojectchicago.org
Works
To(o) Queer the Writer
To(o) Queer the Writer
This bridge called my back
This bridge called my back

Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras

Otras inapropiables
The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader
The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader
This Bridge Called My Back
This Bridge Called My Back

Friends from the other side =

Interviews =

This bridge called my back

Light in the dark =

Making face, making soul =
Interviews/Entrevistas
Interviews/Entrevistas
Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro
Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro
Gloria Anzaldúa Reader
Gloria Anzaldúa Reader
This Bridge We Call Home
This Bridge We Call Home
Gloria Anzaldua Reader
Gloria Anzaldua Reader
Chicanas deslenguadas
Chicanas deslenguadas

Borderlands/La Frontera

Prietita and the Ghost Woman / Prietita y la Llorona
LA Prieta
LA Prieta

This Bridge We Call Home

Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del Otro Lado

Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del Otro Lado

Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras

Interviews/Entrevistas

The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader