The American Studies Association is proud to recognize the continuing high level of scholarship examining American cultures.
The ASA’s Committee on Gender and Sexuality Studies awards the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Prize to an independent scholar and/or contingent or community college faculty member who demonstrates an affinity with Anzaldúa’s oeuvre, vision, or political commitments and who addresses connections among some or all of the following categories: race, ethnicity, citizenship, class, gender, sexuality, and dis/ability.
On November 11, 2020, The ASA announced Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, PhD as the Gloria E. Anzaldúa 2020-2021 prizewinner, to be honored in person at the 2021 award ceremony at the annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
About Gloria E. Anzaldúa:
Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942-2004) was a queer Chicana poet, writer, and feminist theorist. Her poems and essays explore the anger and isolation of occupying the margins of culture and collective identity.
Anzaldúa authored several books of poetry, nonfiction, and children’s fiction. Her book, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987) and her essay, “La Prieta,” are considered to be groundbreaking works in cultural, feminist, and queer theories. With Cherrie Moraga, Anzaldúa co-edited the landmark anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981). Credit: www.poetryfoundation.org
