Gloria Anzaldua Points of Identification with Anzaldua Chopping

Gloria Anzaldua Points of Identification with Anzaldua: • Chopping up and labeling p. 101 • “Only viable choice” lives a contradiction p. 103 • Living In between--my childhood as the youngest and oldest • Religion: Moses and Ministers

Nature of the World A Continuum: • Borderlands: a world of culture tension and clash • Nepantla: “torn between ways” • Mestiza: a new “mestiza” consciousness--a synthesis

Definition of Feminism: Mestiza: Addressing oppression on the borderlands Nature of the Rhetor: Straddles multiple cultural boundaries example--two languages, Moses? Rhetorical Options: and dead metaphors p. 115 Use of metaphors--resistance to change

Three Context/Realms of Metaphoric Shifts Intrapersonal Realm: By changing self, world is changed Interpersonal Realm: Four interpersonal options- • island--no bridges • drawbridge--up and down • bridge--being available • sandbar--shifting location Public Realm: Creative arts, performances, and presentations (a sneak attack)

Transformation of Rhetorical Theory Anzaldua is committed to multiplicity, instability, disorientation, insecurity, and conflicting demands. She resists the tendencies manifest in traditional rhetorical theory toward stability, rigidity, codification , and confinement of terms of meaning. (Foss, p. 124) • Ethos: In the borderlands she contrasts “truthfulness”(main stream confirmation) to “making faces” • Exigence: Instead of fixing a defect keep the wound open and festering • Identification: making no attempt, the choice of the rebel • Change: multiple options t audience rather than one focus that is supported