Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity [electronic resource] /
Melero, Pilar.author.
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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""Cover ""; ""Half-Title  ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""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 deMendoza: 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""; ""Conclusion: Being Woman (Within) Patriarchy""
""Bibliography""""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Sociology.
Feminist theory.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
America—Literatures.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Gender Studies.
Feminism.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
North American Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.