Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity [Hardcover]

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.

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 Bel?n Guti?rrez de Mendoza: Writing from the Margins of Word, Class, and Gender
3. (Re)Thinking Woman(hood): Sara Estela Ram?rez, Activity, and Being
4. Andrea Villarreal Gonz?lez: Forming Rebels/Rebel Forming

5. Conclusion: Being Woman (Within) Patriarchy

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