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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 811.54 EAN: 9781879960572 Edition: 2 Sub ISBN: 1879960575 Label: Aunt Lute Books Manufacturer: Aunt Lute Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 260 Publication Date: 1999-10 Publisher: Aunt Lute Books Studio: Aunt Lute Books Editorial Review: Product Description: autobiography, bilingual Spanish/English Average Rating:
 Rating:  - One of the best books about chicano identityI'm very satisfied with my order because in my opinion Borderlands/La Frontera is one of the best books about chicano identity. Rating: - ClassicNot much can be said to some of the postings I see here--to those that suggest the third tier prose, those that call this work "racist," those that implore statements like "I hated it." These are the same people that vote for their own oppression, these are the very people that fancy their success on some sense of entitlement. Relax, you do not have to agree, but hear me out. Classic. Classic. With the colorful enagement of gender, consciousness, ... Read More Rating:  - Overrated DrivelI find it interesting that such a supposedly important and relevant contemporary work has only been reviewed by 11 people at the time of this writing. That alone tells you all you need to know since this is a book that is classed under both Latino and Women's Studies, and is part of many university literary programs. The book is pretentious claptrap of the worst kind. If this book were judged on its merits rather than by popular, politically correct notions, it wouldn't come close to ... Read More Rating: - an excruciatingly painful read - only do so if you mustThis book is a tormented stream of consciousness from a lady who was obviously fighting major demons. It is exactly the type of book that you would expect an amateur academic to "wow" and "gush" over, as it nicely fits into the dogmatic radicalism of Chicano Studies. The discerning reader, on the other hand, sees page after page of outdated cliches, sob-stories, and anger-filled tantrums. Anzaldua would like you to believe her suffering and self-searching is all the fault of the "white" culture ... Read More Rating: - Racist GarbageWhile most reviewers seem to be bent on lauding Gloria Anzaldúa's "insightful and progressive" writings, I can't help but take a different viewpoint. The vast majority of her essays, while cloaked in a sense of righteous equality, are quite simply racist drivel. She speaks of acceptance and tolerance for foreign cultures in America, and harps on the evils of correcting students when they use improper English, yet instills her writing with a blatant and offensive racism. I make specific ... Read More |
