Abstract This article offers Gloria Anzaldúa’s mestiza consciousness as an appropriate theorizing frame when analyzing lived experiences and perceptions of contradiction. First, I discuss the main theoretical frameworks used in sociology when examining the experiences of U.S. women of color: Patricia Hill Collins’ Black Feminist Thought and Kimberlé Crenshaw’s theory of intersectionality. Next, I introduce mestiza consciousness as an additional sociologically appropriate framework and discuss how it fits into the tradition of Black Feminist Thought and intersectionality. Finally, I conduct a brief case study in the subdiscipline of the sociology of religion to illustrate mestiza consciousness’ appropriateness as a theoretical frame.

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建立梅蒂萨意识理论框架

摘要本文在分析生活经验和矛盾观时，提供了格洛里亚·安扎尔杜阿的梅斯蒂扎意识作为适当的理论框架。首先，当讨论美国有色女性的经历时，我讨论了社会学中使用的主要理论框架：帕特里夏·希尔·柯林斯的黑人女性主义思想和金伯列·克伦肖的相交性理论。接下来，我将介绍梅斯蒂扎意识作为另外一种在社会学上合适的框架，并讨论它如何适应黑人女性主义思想和交叉性的传统。最后，我在宗教社会学子学科中进行了一个简短的案例研究，以说明梅蒂萨意识作为理论框架的适当性。