ABSTRACT
Keating defines Anzaldúa’s life motto as interconnectedness and caring for the Other (Keating, AnaLouise, ed. 2008. Entre Mundos/Among Worlds. New Perspectives on Gloria Anzaldúa. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan). Her work is continually present in the international social sciences and the humanities academic community. Subsequently, I review several writings devoted to Anzaldúa’s legacy and then concentrate on themes fundamental for me in this legacy: the transnational character of the Borderlands research and her philosophy of female writing. The ongoing processes of globalization, merging of markets and cultures through trade, and regional economic integration have caused rapidly growing cultural unification. Notwithstanding the existence of boundaries is very up-to-date problem. Instead of disappearing, we are currently observing tendencies to strengthen borders. The US–Mexican border serves as a model for other border regions; therefore, I expand this chapter with recent issues related to migrant crisis and border problems in European Union, especially in the countries neighboring non-European Union states where the need for institutionalized management of borderlands dominates political discourse. Such is the case with the Polish eastern border. The current war in Ukraine discloses two approaches toward the refugees in Poland. Ukrainians escaping war are referred to as our guests and welcome in our country; simultaneously, there have been cases of hostility and discrimination against non-European migrants from Syria, Iraq, or some African countries who are defined as a threat to our Polish identity, religion, and culture. To conclude, in the times of conflicts, resurgent nationalisms and “quiet” totalitarianisms, there are both physical and symbolical wounds that bleed that will need compassion and healing. Anzaldúa’s legacy can offer this.
