Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity
Mexican figures like La Virgen de Guadalupe, la Malinche, la Llorona, and la Chingada reflect different myths of motherhood in Mexican culture. For the first time, Melero examines these instances of portrayed motherhood as a discursive space in the political, cultural, and literary context of early twentieth century Mexico.
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Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity
Mexican figures like La Virgen de Guadalupe, la Malinche, la Llorona, and la Chingada reflect different myths of motherhood in Mexican culture. For the first time, Melero examines these instances of portrayed motherhood as a discursive space in the political, cultural, and literary context of early twentieth century Mexico.
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Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity

Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity

by Pilar Melero
Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity

Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity

by Pilar Melero

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Overview

Mexican figures like La Virgen de Guadalupe, la Malinche, la Llorona, and la Chingada reflect different myths of motherhood in Mexican culture. For the first time, Melero examines these instances of portrayed motherhood as a discursive space in the political, cultural, and literary context of early twentieth century Mexico.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781137514615
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 07/30/2015
Series: Literatures of the Americas
Edition description: 1st ed. 2015
Pages: 132
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Pilar Melero is Associate Professor of Spanish, Chican@ and U.S. Latin@ Literature at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Motherhood as a Feminist Discursive Space
1. Desde las faldas de la madre/From Underneath Mother ' 's Skirt: Nellie Campobello (Re)Claims (Single) Motherhood and Mothers as Historians
2. Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza: Writing from the Margins of Word, Class, and Gender
3. (Re)Thinking Woman(hood): Sara Estela Ramírez, Activity, and Being
4. Andrea Villarreal González: Forming Rebels/Rebel Forming

5. Conclusion: Being Woman (Within) Patriarchy

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