Gloria Anzaldúa’s El Mundo Zurdo: The Necessity of a Historical Assessment

Name

Malik Raymond, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Publication Date

2017

Major

History (B.A.)

Document Type and Release Option

Thesis (open access)

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Christina Abreu

Abstract

This thesis revolves around Chicana lesbian feminist Gloria Anzaldúa and one of her more important theories, El Mundo Zurdo. El Mundo Zurdo was a theory that focused on the marginalized people and the need for unity amongst them; however, up to this point, no historical analysis has been done on this theory. Through piecing together information from interviews and Anzaldúa’s literature, this thesis serves as a biography of her first forty years of life to address from where the theory came and becomes a bridge to link Anzaldúa to the wider Chicana, Third World feminist, and gay and lesbian theories.

Recommended Citation

Raymond, Malik, "Gloria Anzaldúa’s El Mundo Zurdo: The Necessity of a Historical Assessment" (2017). Honors College Theses. 251.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/honors-theses/251