Gloria Anzaldúa wrote feminist and queer theory, poetry and hybrid prose about borders, language, race and identity. Borderlands/La Frontera combines autobiography, cultural criticism, poetry and switches between English and Spanish to describe the US-Mexico border as both a physical region and a psychological or cultural condition. She also co-edited This Bridge Called My Back with Cherríe Moraga, bringing together writing by women of colour on feminism, race and class. Anzaldúa's work is formally hybrid and politically direct. Useful catalogue terms include Chicana studies, queer theory, border studies and experimental nonfiction. Read more Less