Melero Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-50295-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 132 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Literatures of the Americas

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Melero, Pilar

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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