| Troubled Memories: Iconic Mexican Women and the Traps of Representation Contributor(s): Estrada, Oswaldo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438471904 ISBN-13: 9781438471907 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - History | Latin America - Mexico - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Series: Suny Series, Genders in the Global South |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2019 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title In Troubled Memories, Oswaldo Estrada traces the literary and cultural representations of several iconic Mexican women produced in the midst of neoliberalism, gender debates, and the widespread commodification of cultural memory. He examines recent fictionalizations of Malinche, Hern n Cort s's indigenous translator during the Conquest of Mexico; Sor Juana In s de la Cruz, the famous Baroque intellectual of New Spain; Leona Vicario, a supporter of the Mexican War of Independence; the soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution; and Frida Kahlo, the tormented painter of the twentieth century. Long associated with gendered archetypes and symbols, these women have achieved mythical status in Mexican culture and continue to play a complex role in Mexican literature. Focusing on contemporary novels, plays, and chronicles in connection to films, television series, and corridos of the Mexican Revolution, Estrada interrogates how and why authors repeatedly recreate the lives of these historical women from contemporary perspectives, often generating hybrid narratives that fuse history, memory, and fiction. In so doing, he reveals the innovative and sometimes troublesome ways in which authors can challenge or perpetuate gendered conventions of writing women's lives. |