caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date signature image article_title birth_name occupation
gloria evangelina anzaldúa -lrb- 1990 -rrb- 15 may 2004 santa cruz , california harlingen , texas american gloria evangelina anzaldúa 26 september 1942 signature 1987 . svg , _ autograph , _ gloria_anzaldúa , _ gloria anzaldua.jpg gloria e. anzaldúa
 gloria evangelina anzaldúa author , poet , activist
gloria e. anzaldúa

gloria evangelina anzaldúa -lrb- september 26 , 1942 -- may 15 , 2004 -rrb- was a scholar of chicana cultural theory , feminist theory , and queer theory .
she loosely based her best-known book , '' '' , on her life growing up on the mexican-texas border and incorporated her lifelong feelings of social and cultural marginalization into her work .
