Similarities Between Anzaldua's 'Geographies Of Selves'

I see a lot of similarities between Anzaldua’s work in Chapter 4 and some of the Dewey readings from earlier in the semester, specifically about body-mind relationship. However, Anzaldua takes it one step further, negotiating a greater relationship between bodymind and the earth, seeing it as another extension of our being, not a separate entity. The passage “Geographies of Selves” elaborates on this theory a bit more; “She feels the world gradually slip inside her… As though from a distance she, herself, closes in on her body and slips inside herself. It is she who extends in all directions, who is both inside and outside her body” (p. 68).
I know this is a fairly common sentiment – being one with the earth – but her approach is especially

interesting, and actually embraces the contemporary. That Anzaldua includes things like the subway or skyscrapers as part of her one with the earth, along with trees, rivers, etc. makes it much more topical and strips away pretense. She regards not only the natural as part of her being, but also that which humans have created – and being one with skyscrapers, or streets, or other human constructs, makes her one with the people who created them, and so forth.
I was just really fascinated by her outlook on this! Many people who advocate for getting back to/being one with nature think it excludes the modern or contemporary, even when the modern/contemporary are a human-created form of nature. That these things even exist, by human accord, makes them feats of nature – as we are part of nature ourselves!