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Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity

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

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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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Authors Pilar Melero
Publisher Palgrave UK
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.08.2015
 
EAN 9781137514615
ISBN 978-1-137-51461-5
No. of pages 142
Series Literatures of the Americas
Literatures of the Americas
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Women's and gender studies

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