Question

An anthropological work about this region that included its author controversially purchasing and killing five pigs is complemented by a series of Jason Wells photographs. Anthropologists who worked in this region include Josiah Heyman and Michael Kearney, whose work Reconceptualizing the Peasantry posited a new form of indigeneity. Abandoned belongings from this region like black-painted gallon jugs are documented in a project by Jason de León, who wrote about Memo (15[1])and Lucho’s experiences in this region in his book The Land of (*) Open Graves. A semi-autobiographical book that describes eight varieties of languages spoken in this region (10[1])likens it to an “open [emphasize] wound.” (-5[3])That code-switching work titled for this region analogizes the rejection of binaries to “entering into the serpent” and aims at a “new consciousness.” For 10 points, name this region that is the subject of Gloria Anzaldúa’s (10[2])La Frontera. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: US-Mexico borderlands [accept equivalent answers that refer to the border between the United States of America and Mexico; prompt on Mexico; prompt on United States; prompt on “the border” or “borderlands” with “which one?”; prompt on La Frontera with “what specific region does that title refer to?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will Alston1.g4 Test MixtureJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz6915
Arya KarthikSandmännchen im HelikopterThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola9610
Raymond WangNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hessebruh103-5
DMAboy's jitches (ft. DMA)Parden the Interruption103-5
Eshan PantLet's Fighting Lovemnemonists103-5
Caleb KendrickJJarylandchamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia13910
Tejas RajebruhNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse13910
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffParden the Interruptionboy's jitches (ft. DMA)14110
Robert WangNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)protobowling for soup14210
Jerry VinukurovmnemonistsLet's Fighting Love14210

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y683%33%17%90.80
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y7100%14%43%124.00
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y250%0%50%106.00