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Preferred term
mestiza consciousness
Definition
- “Mestiza consciousness,” or mestizaje, became a revolutionary declaration of social agency and the cornerstone of Chicana feminist political thought in Gloria Anzaldúa's 1987 book, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. The primary themes of mestiza consciousness concern displacement and mobility, rupturing dualities that imprison women, finding power in difference, and shifting among multiple facets of identity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Mestiza Consciousness]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/mestiza_consciousness
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