Las comadres de Gloria Anzaldúa. Lecturas queer, comunidad y reescrituras de la mitología

Abstract

The following article investigates Gloria Anzaldúa’s theory of (queer) reading from a theoretical and practical perspective. We focus on the communal dimension of her conception of (queer) reading departing from the “To(o) Queer the Writer – Loca, escritora y chicana”, in which we also show how Anzaldúa contributed to Queer Theory and theories of reading, generally connected to authors such as Roland Barthes or Wolfgang Iser. These theoretical reflections are followed by an analysis of Anzaldúa’s own queer readings of Latin American mythology, namely her rewriting of the goddess Coatlicue in Borderlands/La Frontera and the Yoruba deity Yemayá, in a posthumously published poem.