See also La Maliche, La Muerte
Borderlands / la Frontera by
Literary Nonfiction. Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. LGBT Studies. Fourth Edition. Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged, and continue to challenge, how we think about identity. BORDERLANDS/LA FRONTERA remaps our understanding of what a "border" is, presenting it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a psychic, social, and cultural terrain that we inhabit, and that inhabits all of us. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new introduction by scholars Norma Cantú (University of Texas at San Antonio) and Aída Hurtado (University of California at Santa Cruz) as well as a revised critical bibliography. "The emotional and intellectual impact of the book is disorienting and powerful...all languages are spoken, and survival depends on understanding all modes of thought. In the borderlands new creatures come into being. Anzaldúa celebrates this 'new mestiza' in bold, experimental writing."--The Village Voice "Anzaldúa's pulsating weaving of innovative poetry with sparse informative prose brings us deep into the insider/outsider consciousness of the borderlands; that ancient and contemporary, crashing and blending world that divides and unites America."--Women's Review of Books
Prietita and the Ghost Woman by
Ever since she can remember, Prietita has heard terrifying tales of la llorona -- the legendary ghost woman who steals children at night.Against a background of vibrant folk paintings, Gloria Anzaldua reinterprets, in a bilingual format, one of the most famous Mexican legends. In this version, Prietita discovers that la llorona is not what she expects, but rather a compassionate woman who helps Prietita on her journey of self-discovery.
Ghostly Women by 
El Arroyo de la Llorona y Otros Cuentos /Woman Hollering Creek by
La gran aclamada colección de cuentos de Sandra Cisneros, autora de La casa en Mango Street y ganadora del PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature 2019, está ahora disponible en español. El arroyo de la llorona y otros cuentos le da vida a una asombrosa variedad de personajes y, como La casa en Mango Street, promete convertirse en un libro apreciado por lectores alrededor del mundo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A collection of stories by Sandra Cisneros, the winner of the 2018 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The lovingly drawn characters of these stories give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border with tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom.
Stories of La Llorona (also known as the Weeping Woman or the Wailer) are told throughout Latin America and Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. There are variations of the folklore, but the same details of a mother yearning for her lost children remain prevalent in each version. People believe that the legend is a product of the Americas which pulled inspiration from the stories of the Aztec goddesses Coatlicue and Cihuacóatl; however, there is evidence of that it has European origins also exist. The Catholic missionaries may have borrowed the European stories of the White Lady and infused it with Indigenous myths to convert the colonized people to their religion. The folklore later became something told to scare unruly children into behaving. However, Chicana feminist authors like Gloria Anzaldúa have reclaimed the folkloric character and transformed her as a feminist symbol.
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Guillermo Corona earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in philosophy at the University of Texas Pan American in 2007. During his final year of college, he was the local chapter president of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society. He worked at the Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library in Edinburg, Texas for nine years in technical services and the children’s department. He joined the UTRGV Special Collections & Archives in 2021.