La Prieta
| La Prieta | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gloria E. Anzaldúa |
| Media type | Essay |
| Subject | Colorism, racism, Tejana identity |
La Prieta is a 1981 essay by the Tejana feminist scholar Gloria E. Anzaldúa, originally published in the anthology This Bridge Called My Back.[1]
About
The essay explores Anzaldúa's identity as a white/mestiza Tejana from a formerly affluent, sixth-generation Texan family. She explores the racism, colorism, sexism, heteronormativity, and classism of her parents and grandparents, who scorned her for being too dark-skinned and who identified with whiteness and Americanness rather than with Mexican, Indigenous, and Black people. La prieta is a Spanish-language term referring to a dark-skinned woman or girl.[2]
The essay belongs to the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at The University of Texas at Austin, having acquired Anzaldúa's works in 2005.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Camp, Jessica Rae (December 2010). Radical rhetoric: Excavating Gloria Anzaldúa's "La Prieta" (Thesis). Texas Woman's University. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ↑ "Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La frontera: Cultural Studies, "Difference," and the Non-Unitary Subject". University of Minnesota Press. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
- ↑ "Benson Latin American Collection acquires Anzaldúa archive". University of Texas at Austin. 6 July 2005. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
External links
- La Prieta, Hypotheses
- 1981 works
- Anti-black racism in Texas
- Anti-Hispanic and Latino sentiment in Texas
- Anti-Indigenous racism in Texas
- Anti-Mexican sentiment in the United States
- Chicano literature
- Discrimination based on skin tone
- Feminist essays
- LGBTQ feminist literature
- LGBTQ Hispanic and Latino American culture
- Mestizo
- Tejana feminism
- Works about racism
- Works about classism
- Works by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
- Gender studies stubs
- Social science book stubs