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Mestiza Consciousness
The U.S.-Mexico Border
The border is ambiguous—it means different things to different people—but two of the most important meanings Anzaldúa gives it are historical and metaphorical. First, the border represents the history of conflict and dispossession that has…
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Serpents
Building on the native myth of the serpent creator goddess Tonantsi/Coatlicue, Anzaldúa associates serpents with femininity, fertility, healing, the body, the earth, and death. They serve as doubles, or foils, to Anzaldúa herself—when they…
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