Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras by Gloria Anzaldúa
Creative and Critical Perspectives by Women of Color
A powerful, hybrid collection of poems and prose that explores Chicana/Latina identity, sexuality, spirituality, and cultural survival through a mix of English and Spanish, myth, personal narrative, and ritual; it interrogates borders—literal, linguistic, and psychological—and imagines healing and transformation for women, queers, and other marginalized people by reclaiming ancestral knowledge, embracing mestiza consciousness, and insisting on the legitimacy of mixed, contradictory selves. The work is at once intimate and political, blending sharp critique of patriarchy, racism, and heteronormativity with celebratory affirmation of community, language, and creative resistance.
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- Published
- 1990
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- American
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- English and spanish
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