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The cover reminds me of woman of hollering creek by Cisneros? Is this book written by a latina writer? Asking because prietita sounds a little fucked up- for real asking?

Cait Gloria Anzaldúa was Chicana. One imagines that she probably identified with and was reclaiming Prieta/Prietita, because she wrote an essay titled "La …moreGloria Anzaldúa was Chicana. One imagines that she probably identified with and was reclaiming Prieta/Prietita, because she wrote an essay titled "La Prieta" wherein she discusses her experience with being judged by her Euro-descended grandmother for being "prieta."(less)

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