Dr. Rebeca Hey-Colón: “‘You’re Not Infected with Something, Are You?:’ Affliction and Exposure in Gloria Anzaldúa’s ‘Puddles’”

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Through an analysis of the ways in which the story engages with notions of illness, transmission, and knowledge, Professor Hey-Colón discusses how “Puddles” and its characters become an embodiment of the costs and gains associated with the process of transformation in our society, as well as with the envisioning and fragmentation of community.