Borderlands/La Frontera

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Chicana feminist text autotheoretical work book poetry collection theoretical work

Borderlands/La Frontera is Gloria Anzaldúa’s influential hybrid work of theory, memoir, and poetry that explores Chicana identity, border culture, and the politics of language and belonging.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza	4
Borderlands/La Frontera canonical	1
borderlands theory	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8138219 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Borderlands/La Frontera
Context triple: [Chicano literature, hasNotableWork, Borderlands/La Frontera]

A. La Frontera
La Frontera is the historical frontier region in southern Chile that was the site of prolonged conflict and cultural interaction between Spanish colonizers and the indigenous Mapuche people.
B. Frontera
Frontera is a municipality on the Canary Island of El Hierro, Spain, known for its volcanic landscapes, coastal cliffs, and rural character.
C. On the Border
"On the Border" is a 1974 rock song by the Eagles, featured on their album of the same name and noted for its blend of country rock and politically tinged lyrics.
D. Borderlands
Borderlands is a popular first-person looter-shooter video game franchise known for its cel-shaded art style, dark humor, and cooperative gameplay on the lawless planet Pandora.
E. Borderlands Line
The Borderlands Line is a suburban railway route in north-east Wales and north-west England that links Wrexham with Bidston on the Wirral Peninsula.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Borderlands/La Frontera
Target entity description: Borderlands/La Frontera is Gloria Anzaldúa’s influential hybrid work of theory, memoir, and poetry that explores Chicana identity, border culture, and the politics of language and belonging.

A. La Frontera
La Frontera is the historical frontier region in southern Chile that was the site of prolonged conflict and cultural interaction between Spanish colonizers and the indigenous Mapuche people.
B. Frontera
Frontera is a municipality on the Canary Island of El Hierro, Spain, known for its volcanic landscapes, coastal cliffs, and rural character.
C. On the Border
"On the Border" is a 1974 rock song by the Eagles, featured on their album of the same name and noted for its blend of country rock and politically tinged lyrics.
D. Borderlands
Borderlands is a popular first-person looter-shooter video game franchise known for its cel-shaded art style, dark humor, and cooperative gameplay on the lawless planet Pandora.
E. Borderlands Line
The Borderlands Line is a suburban railway route in north-east Wales and north-west England that links Wrexham with Bidston on the Wirral Peninsula.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chicana feminist text ⓘ autotheoretical work ⓘ book ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ theoretical work ⓘ
author	Gloria Anzaldúa ⓘ Gloria E. Anzaldúa ⓘ linked to: Gloria Anzaldúa
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
criticalReception	considered a classic of borderlands theory ⓘ widely regarded as a foundational text in Chicana feminism ⓘ
explores	hybridity of culture and identity ⓘ transformative potential of the borderlands ⓘ violence and oppression at the border ⓘ
focusesOn	Chicana/o experiences ⓘ bilingual and bicultural subjectivity ⓘ queer identity ⓘ
genre	Chicana studies ⓘ autobiography ⓘ borderlands theory ⓘ cultural theory ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ poetry ⓘ
influencedField	Chicana/o studies ⓘ linked to: Chicano studies Latinx studies ⓘ linked to: Latina/Latino Studies cultural studies ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ literary studies ⓘ queer theory ⓘ
languageMix	code-switching between English and Spanish ⓘ
mainTheme	Chicana identity ⓘ belonging and displacement ⓘ border culture ⓘ intersectionality of race, gender, and sexuality ⓘ language politics ⓘ mestiza consciousness ⓘ spirituality and indigenous knowledge ⓘ
notableConcept	borderlands ⓘ la frontera ⓘ linked to: La Frontera new mestiza consciousness ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
publicationYear	1987 ⓘ
publisher	Aunt Lute Books ⓘ
setting	U.S.–Mexico borderlands ⓘ linked to: U.S.–Mexico borderlands region
structure	hybrid of essays, memoir, and poetry ⓘ
titleTranslation	Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza ⓘ linked to: Borderlands/La Frontera
uses	autobiographical narrative ⓘ myth and spiritual imagery ⓘ

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