Transdisciplinarity

Abstract

My visit to the Benson Latin American Library at the University of Texas at Austin to consult The Gloria Anzaldúa Papers coincided with the publication of a new edition of Borderlands that included texts by prominent scholars and writers in the field of Chicana studies. When I arrived in Austin, I decided to purchase a copy in one of the main bookstores in town. Their computer system showed that they had copies of the new edition at the store, but could not say in what section it was located. First, I looked for the book in the Women’s studies and the Ethnic studies sections. In Ethnic studies, I looked under Chicano and Latino studies. By the Women’s studies shelf, I looked under Lesbian studies and Queer studies. The book was nowhere to be found.