Nepantla is a concept used in Chicano and Latino anthropology, social commentary, criticism, literature and art.
Nepantla was a term that was first used by Nahuas in Central Mexico, especially the Triple Alliance of Anahuac or "Aztec Empire".
[9] Nepantla can also describe individuals or groups who are today in conflict with a larger, perhaps more globally reaching culture or ideology.
[7] Nevada State University has a four-year nepantla program created to empower first-generation college students through mentorship, access to resources, community building and professional success through self discovery.
This journal seeks to promote the artistic expressions of faith, culture, and justice of undergraduate students.
Author Victor Piñeiro speaks on his experience with nepantla in his own life and how he portrays the concept while writing coming-of-age books including Latinx characters.
The journal existed online for three years and in that time frame it gained the attention of thousands of readers internationally.
With the guidance and support of William Johnson at Lambda Literary, Soto helped Nepantla quickly become a refuge for some of the most prominent queer of color poets in the United States.
[13] In the arts, nepantla is a creator's imaginary world that encompasses historical, emotional and spiritual aspects of life.
"[16] Anzaldúa described nepantla as time where individuals experience a loss of control and suffer anxiety and confusion as a result.
Removed from that culture's center you glimpse the sea in which you've been immersed but to which you were oblivious, no longer seeing the world the way you were enculturated to see it.