Mestiza
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Mestizo/mestiza
Origin
The word "mestizo" (masculine) or mestiza (feminine) has its origins in the Spanish language and means something like "person of racially mixed ancestry". It comes from the latin word "mixticius" which means "mixed". It is still used in the United States, especially by the Mexican population. In the daily use a mestizo/a is someone with both Mexican and American roots (dictionary.com, n.d.).
Anzaldua
One of Anzalduas' most famous works, "Borderlands/La Frontera: The new Mestiza", uses the word in its title. The theme of the book is the life and the place in society that American Mexicans or Mexican Americans ("mestizos/as") have (Anzaldua, 1987). The book placed the concept back on the map.
References
- Dictionary.com, (n.d.), http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mestizo, found on October 26th 2012
- Anzaldua, G. (1987). Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. San Francisco, California: Spinsters/Aunt Lute Books
Contributors
- page created by TeunVanDeVen 13:44, 26 October 2012 (CEST)
