Contemporary cultural theorist, philosopher, and creative writer Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua (1942-2004) revolutionized borderlands theory, drawing from her own experiences on the Texas-Mexico border to develop a comprehensive decolonial vision with important implications for twenty-first-century social justice activists and scholars. Anzaldua forged inclusionary movements and played a major role in (re)defining social identity categories, reshaping Western definitions of feminism, and challenging limited definitions of multiculturalism. In A Legacy of Gloria E. Anzaldua: "May We Do Work That Matters," volume editor Kimberly C. Merenda has gathered work by contributors influenced and inspired by Anzaldua and working across varied and versatile fields, including visual art, literature, rhetoric, sociology, disability studies, gender studies, cynology, and multicultural studies. This disciplinary range illustrates the breadth of Anzaldua's innovative theories and the enduring significance of her intellectual, creative, and methodological contributions. Bringing together essays that illuminate and extend the scope of Anzaldua's thought, this collection demonstrates the power of Anzaldua's work in relation to contemporary social issues and theoretical movements. This collection of essays will be of great interest to students and scholars in women's, gender, and borderlands studies as well as Latine studies, cultural theory, and contemporary North American literature.
