iconic Mexican women and the traps of representation
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Estrada, Oswaldo
- Publish Year
- 2018
- Shelfmark
- LAT 54 2018
- Thesaurus
- literatuur, populaire cultuur, pioniers, vrouwbeelden, historische perioden, Mexico, 21e eeuw
- Description
- This book analyzes the literary and cultural representation of several iconic Mexican women. He examines recent fictionalizations of the historical women Malinche, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Leona Vicario, the soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution and Frida Kahlo, who achieved mythical status in Mexican culture and continue to play a complex role in Mexican literature. Focusing on contemporary novels, plays, and chronicles in connection to films, television series, and corridos of the Mexican Revolution, the author analyzes how and why authors repeatedly recreate the lives of these historical women from contemporary perspectives, often generating hybrid narratives that fuse history, memory, and fiction.