Borderlands / La Frontera
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Preface to the First Edition Part 1, Section 1: The Homeland, Aztlán / El otro México Part 1, Section 2: Movimientos de rebeldía y las culturas que traicionan Part 1, Section 3: Entering into the Serpent Part 1, Section 4: La herencia de Coatlicue / The Coatlicue State Part 1, Section 5: How to Tame a Wild Tongue Part 1, Section 6: Tlilli, Tlapalli / The Path of the Red and Black Ink Part 1, Section 7: La conciencia de la mestiza / Towards a New Consciousness Part 2, Section 1: Más antes en los ranchos Part 2, Section 2: La pérdida Part 2, Section 3: Crossers y otros atravesados Part 2, Section 4: Cihuatlyotl, Woman Alone Part 2, Section 5: Animas Part 2, Section 6: El Retorno
Themes
All Themes Borders, Hybridity, and Identity History and the U.S.-Mexico Relationship Chicana Feminism Language, Storytelling, and Ritual
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Characters
All Characters Gloria Anzaldúa Anzaldúa’s Mother Malintzín (La Malinche, La Chingada) Coatlalopeuh (The Virgin of Guadalupe) La Llorona Coatlicue/Tonantsi Narrator (“El sonavabitche”) Farmer (“El sonavabitche”) Saint Teresa of Ávila (“Holy Relics”)
Terms
All Terms Borderlands Chicana/o Náhuatl Mestiza/o/aje Anglo Tejana/o La Raza Corrido Menudo Rio Grande Valley Azteca-Mexica Coatlicue State Mestiza Consciousness
Symbols
All Symbols The U.S.-Mexico Border Serpents
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Borderlands / La Frontera

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Gloria Anzaldúa

Corrido Term Analysis

Corridos are ballads popular in the Borderlands and much of Mexico that generally tell the stories of major social, political, and cultural figures and upheavals.
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Corrido Term Timeline in Borderlands / La Frontera

The timeline below shows where the term Corrido appears in Borderlands / La Frontera. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Section 5: How to Tame a Wild Tongue
Borders, Hybridity, and Identity Theme Icon
History and the U.S.-Mexico Relationship Theme Icon
Language, Storytelling, and Ritual Theme Icon
“Vistas,” corridos, y comida: My Native Tongue. Anzaldúa felt “pure joy” when she first discovered bilingual Chicano... (full context)
Part 2, Section 2: La pérdida
History and the U.S.-Mexico Relationship Theme Icon
Anzaldúa opens with a verse about homesickness from the corrido “Canción mixteca.” (full context)
Part 2, Section 5: Animas
Borders, Hybridity, and Identity Theme Icon
Chicana Feminism Theme Icon
Language, Storytelling, and Ritual Theme Icon
Anzaldúa quotes the corrido “Por una mujer ladina,” in which a man sings of losing his peace of mind... (full context)
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