Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300258981)

The first major visual and cultural exploration of the legacy of La Malinche, simultaneously reviled as a traitor to her people and hailed as the mother of Mexico

"Malinche herself comes through. She is not an idea or a myth but a person. And she is ablaze with life."--Angelica Aboulhosn, Humanities

An enslaved Indigenous girl who became Hern疣 Cort駸's interpreter and cultural translator, Malinche stood at center stage in one of the most significant events of modern history. Linguistically gifted, she played a key role in the transactions, negotiations, and conflicts between the Spanish and the Indigenous populations of Mexico that shaped the course of global politics for centuries to come. As mother to Cort駸's firstborn son, she became the symbolic progenitor of a modern Mexican nation and a heroine to Chicana and Mexicana artists.

Traitor, Survivor, Icon is the first major publication to present a comprehensive visual exploration of Malinche's enduring impact on communities living on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Five hundred years after her death, her image and legacy remain relevant to conversations around female empowerment, indigeneity, and national identity throughout the Americas. This book establishes and examines her symbolic import and the ways in which artists, scholars, and activists have appropriated her image to interpret and express their own experiences and agendas, from the 1500s through today.

Published in association with the Denver Art Museum

Exhibition Schedule:

Denver Art Museum
(February 6-May 8, 2022)

Albuquerque Museum
(June 11-September 4, 2022)

San Antonio Museum of Art
(October 14, 2022-January 8, 2023)

Author: Victoria I. Lyall
ISBN-10: 0300258984
ISBN-13: 9780300258981
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.95lbs
Size: 11.30h x 9.40w x 1.00d