Aral hoot,
Gloria Anzaldita
Borderlands
La Frontera
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With an introduction by Sonia Saldtvar-Hlull
Second Edition
Aunt Lute Books Sali FRANCISCOCopyright (e) 1987, 1999 by Glodia Anzaldia
CCopycight ¢e)1999 by Karin Tas
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Second Edition
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“atoly Relies” frst appeared in Conditions tx, 1980.
Cervcide” fst appeared in Labyrs, A Feminist Aris Journal Vol 4,
No TT, Wier 1985.
“Bn el nombre de todas las madres que ban perdido sus hjosen la guerra”
fist appested in IKON: Creativity and Change, Second Series,
No. 4, 1985,
Fst Edition Cover and Text Design: Pamela Wilson Desiga Studio
Second Ealtlon Cover Re-Design: Kajun Design
Fst Edtion Cover Art: Pamela Wilson (Bhéeatl,The Wind)
Second Elton Typesetting: Kathleen Wilkinson.
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Library of ongress Cataloging in-Publiation Data
Ancalda, Gloria,
‘Borderlands: the new mestiza = La fronters/ Gloria Azali
{nuoductioa by Sonia Saldivar Hull. ~~ 2nd ed.
p. 264 cm.
Eaglish and Spanish.
Includes bibliographical references
ISBN 1-879960-57-5 clot).
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To you who walked'with me upon my path and who held
‘out a hand when I stumbled;
to you who brushed past me at crossroads never to touch,
‘me again;
‘to you whom I never chanced to meet but who inhabit bor