Based on a talk delivered at St. Olaf College on March 7, 1992, this previously unpublished
essay, hich Anzaldua orked on at various points trom 1995 through 2oon, ofters both a
umrnary of her position in 8orderlands and an important extension into the next phase of her
theoretical development. Anzaldua provides an expanded definition of het theory of the" nev
mestiza, emphasizing that, as she defines, the term, mestizaje can take multiple forms,
including some that go beyond biologi al racial identity categories to include inteliectual …