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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa

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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1942-09-26 （Harlingen, Texas, U.S.）
死没
2004-05-15 （Santa Cruz, California, U.S.） 61歳
国籍
United States
言語
English, Spanish
宗教
Spiritual / syncretic beliefs (including devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe and indigenous/Afro influences)
居住地歴
Rio Grande Valley, Texas, U.S. → Hargill, Texas, U.S. → Austin, Texas, U.S. → San Francisco, California, U.S. → Santa Cruz, California, U.S.

経歴

職業
Author, Poet, Activist, Scholar, Educator
活動期間
1962年〜2004年
所属
San Francisco State University (visiting/adjunct roles), University of California, Santa Cruz (visiting/lectures), Florida Atlantic University (lectures)
影響を受けた人物
Cherríe Moraga, Audre Lorde (influence example), Mexican and indigenous spiritual traditions
影響を与えた人物
AnaLouise Keating (editor and scholar), Juan Felipe Herrera (poet), Numerous Latina/Latinx feminists, queer theorists, and border studies scholars

学歴

University of Texas–Pan American (now University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
English, Art, and Secondary Education
学位: B.A.
期間: 1960s
卒業年: 1968
国: United States
Undergraduate degree in English and Education
University of Texas at Austin
English and Education
学位: M.A.
期間: 1970年代
国: United States
Master's degree (year not specified in source)
University of California, Santa Cruz
Literature
学位: Ph.D.（追贈）
期間: 追贈（2005）
卒業年: 2005
国: United States
Doctorate in literature awarded posthumously

受賞歴

American Book Award
1986
対象作品: This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (co-editor)
主催: Before Columbus Foundation
結果: 受賞
Lambda Lesbian Small Book Press Award
1991
主催: Lambda Literary
結果: 受賞
Lesbian Rights Award
1991
主催: Lesbian Rights Award (organization not specified)
結果: 受賞
Sappho Award of Distinction
1992
主催: Sappho Award (organization not specified)
結果: 受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Award
1991
主催: National Endowment for the Arts
結果: 受賞
American Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award (Bode-Pearson Prize)
2001
主催: American Studies Association
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

1987年 Autotheory / Essay / Poetry 286ページ

Based on her life on the Mexico–Texas border, the book examines cultures, languages, and gendered borderlands and proposes the idea of the 'New Mestiza' consciousness. It blends autobiography, theory, poetry, and mixes English and Spanish.

BorderlandsMestiza / mixed identityLanguage and identityFeminismQueer theorySpirituality

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color

1981年 Essay anthology (co-edited)

Co-edited with Cherríe Moraga, this anthology gathers essays and poems by women of color and advances intersectional feminist perspectives. It has been highly influential in feminist and ethnic studies.

FeminismIntersectionalityRace and cultureVisibility of marginalized voices

Light in the Dark / Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality

2015年 Theory / Essay (posthumously published)

Posthumously published collection drawn from her unfinished dissertation and essays, presenting developed theories including nepantla, nepantleras, and spiritual activism.

NepantlaSpiritual activismDecolonial knowledge

全著作

  • This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (co-ed., 1981)
  • Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987)
  • Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras (ed., 1990)
  • Interviews/Entrevistas (ed. AnaLouise Keating, 2000)
  • This Bridge We Call Home (co-ed., 2002)
  • The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader (ed. AnaLouise Keating, 2009)
  • Light in the Dark / Luz en lo Oscuro (ed. AnaLouise Keating, 2015, posthumous)
  • Prietita Has a Friend (children's book, 1991)
  • Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del Otro Lado (children's book, 1995)
  • Prietita y La Llorona (children's book, 1996)

作風・主題

文体
AutotheoryCode-switching between English and SpanishFragmentary / experimental essaysPoetic and ritualized language
頻出モチーフ
Borders (geographical and cultural)Mestiza consciousnessNepantla (in-between-ness)Spirituality and ritualLanguage, accent, and critique of 'linguistic terrorism'

健康

  • Endocrine condition causing growth to stop
    幼年期〜思春期
    Physical growth halted around age 12; had bodily and psychosocial effects that informed her writing.
  • Uterine, cervical, and ovarian abnormalities (hysterectomy)
    1980（38歳）に手術
    Underwent hysterectomy in 1980 (age 38). Themes of body, sexuality, and trauma appear in her work.
  • Diabetes (died from complications)
    生涯後期
    Died in 2004 from complications of diabetes. Late-life health affected activities and writing.

評価・遺産

Gloria E. Anzaldúa profoundly influenced Latina feminism, queer theory, and border studies through concepts such as borderlands, the New Mestiza, nepantla, and spiritual activism. Her legacy continues via posthumous recognitions, prizes, lectureships, and ongoing scholarly engagement.

関連学会

  • American Studies Association (ASA)
  • National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
  • Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa (SSGA)

資料所蔵先

  • Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Papers, 1942–2004 — Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection (University of Texas at Austin)
  • Anzaldúa's altares (altar) collection — Special Collections, University of California, Santa Cruz

大衆文化への影響

  • Google Doodle commemorating what would have been her 75th birthday (2017, U.S.)
  • Anthology 'Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands' (2017) and other tribute works by artists and poets

引用

  • I'm a citizen of the universe.
    出典: Lectures / essays (appears across her writings)
  • Borderlands are not just geographic; they are places where identities and experiences intersect.
    出典: Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987年)

豆知識

  • Light in the Dark / Luz en lo Oscuro was published posthumously in 2015.
  • University of California, Santa Cruz awarded her a posthumous Ph.D. in 2005.
  • Prizes and awards have been established in her name, including a poetry prize and a book prize.