Troubled Memories - Iconic Mexican Women and the Traps of Representation

Analyzes literary and cultural representations of iconic Mexican women to explore how these reimaginings can undermine or perpetuate gender norms in contemporary Mexico.

About the author

Oswaldo Estrada is Professor of Latin American Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of Ser mujer y estar presente: Disidencias de género en la literatura mexicana contemporánea and La imaginación novelesca: Bernal Díaz entre géneros y épocas.

Product details

• Authors: Oswaldo Estrada
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781438471907
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-7190-7
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Suny Series, Genders in the Gl
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Amerikanische Geschichte, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico