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What images and symbols does Anzaldúa use to represent the US-Mexico border? How are these representations unique to that particular border, or how do they represent other borders as well?
Anzaldúa describes the borderlands as a psychic space. How does she define this throughout the book?
Throughout the book, Anzaldúa references Guadalupe and Coatlicue as stand-ins for the mestiza. How do these goddesses represent the mestiza and her Chicana culture?