ALGUMAS CONSIDERAÇÕES BREVES A PARTIR DOS POEMAS SALVAJES DE GLORIA ANZALDÚA

Abstract

For this essay, we offer some considerations based on Gloria E. Anzaldúa's poem collection, the second part of her work Borderlands/la frontera: the new mestiza, published in 1987. Our proposal throughout this essay is to bring to light, through the lens of decolonial epistemologies, fragments of some of her poems in the process of constructing her notions. The justification for discussing Anzaldúa's poems is that there are still few works that propose studying them. Our theoretical framework includes authors such as Coracini (2007; 2014), Vigil (2016), Keating (2005; 2009), Curiel (2021), Nolasco (2013), and Anzaldúa herself (2012), who have discussed issues from the perspective of peoples who experience the in-between space. We can infer that, from the author's poems, we encounter reflections that involve complex themes that can also be seen in her prose, such as Chicano and border identity, feminism, sexuality, queer studies, and spirituality.