{"product_id":"troubled-memories-oswaldo-estrada-9781438471907","title":"Troubled Memories: Iconic Mexican Women and the Traps of Representation","description":"\u003cb\u003e2019 \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTroubled Memories\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003esoldaderas\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ecorridos\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oswaldo Estrada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438471904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438471907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Oswaldo Estrada","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988451328255,"sku":"9781438471907","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e53e0cc-14f0-4bd7-a305-a8bc837cdf8b.jpg?v=1683294561","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/troubled-memories-oswaldo-estrada-9781438471907","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}