%0 Journal Article %T ¡°Hijos de la madre chingada¡± or New Mestiza: Paz and Anzald¨²a %A Danielle Lamb %J Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities %D 2010 %I Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities %X This paper explores Chicano/a identity through the seminal work of Octavio Paz and GloriaAnzald¨²a. Paz and Anzald¨²a draw from a common ethnogenesis and the figure of La Malinche.However, Anzald¨²a not only challenges Paz¡¯s view on identity but also provides an alternative tohis highly gendered theories of the Mexican diaspora. %K Chicano %K identity %K Paz %K Anzald¨²a %K diaspora] %U http://rupkatha.com/V2/n3/NewMestizaPazandAnzaldua.pdf