261 Anzaldúa and How to Tame a Wild Tongue Professor Ramos Blog

261 Anzaldà ºa and How to Tame a Wild Tongue Gloria Anzaldà ºa (1942 2004) Gloria Anzaldà ºa (1942 2004) Gloria Anzaldà ºa was a poet and very influential scholar of Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory. Her book Borderlands/ La Frontera is studied widely in Universities across the United States. How to Tame a Wild Tongue (1987) How to Tame a Wild Tongue is chapter five from her book Borderlands/ La Frontera: A New Mestiza. What is the significance of the tongue according to Anzaldua? How would you react to having your ability to communicate limited? Does language reflect identity, power, and the past? If so, how? Are these ideas important? What are Anzaldua’s stands on censorship and violations of the First Ammendment? Vocab Mestizaje Censorship Archaism Anglicism Corrido Fisura Acculturation Assimilation Lecture: How to Tame a Wild Tongue Gloria Anzaldà ºa Cecilia Rodriguez Milanes reads Fronteras Linguistic Terrorism