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Soldaderas in the Mexican Military : Myth and History / Elizabeth Salas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (201 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780292757080
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355/.0082 20
LOC classification:
  • UB419.M6 S25 1990
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Mesoamerican Origins -- 2. Servants, Traitors, and Heroines -- 3. Amazons and Wives -- 4. In the Thick of the Fray -- 5. We, the Women -- 6. Adelita Defeats Juana Gallo -- 7 Soldaderas in Aztlan -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Since pre-Columbian times, soldiering has been a traditional life experience for innumerable women in Mexico. Yet the many names given these women warriors—heroines, camp followers, Amazons, coronelas, soldadas, soldaderas, and Adelitas—indicate their ambivalent position within Mexican society. In this original study, Elizabeth Salas explores the changing role of the soldadera, both in reality and as a cultural symbol, from pre-Columbian times up to the present day. Drawing on military archival data, anthropological studies, and oral history interviews, Salas first explores the real roles played by Mexican women in armed conflicts. She finds that most of the functions performed by women easily equate to those performed by revolutionaries and male soldiers in the quartermaster corps and regular ranks. She then turns her attention to the soldadera as a continuing symbol in Mexican and Chicano culture, examining the image of the soldadera in literature, corridos, art, music, and film. Challenging many traditional stereotypes, Salas finds that the fundamental realities of war link all Mexican women, regardless of time period, social class, or nom de guerre.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Mesoamerican Origins -- 2. Servants, Traitors, and Heroines -- 3. Amazons and Wives -- 4. In the Thick of the Fray -- 5. We, the Women -- 6. Adelita Defeats Juana Gallo -- 7 Soldaderas in Aztlan -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Since pre-Columbian times, soldiering has been a traditional life experience for innumerable women in Mexico. Yet the many names given these women warriors—heroines, camp followers, Amazons, coronelas, soldadas, soldaderas, and Adelitas—indicate their ambivalent position within Mexican society. In this original study, Elizabeth Salas explores the changing role of the soldadera, both in reality and as a cultural symbol, from pre-Columbian times up to the present day. Drawing on military archival data, anthropological studies, and oral history interviews, Salas first explores the real roles played by Mexican women in armed conflicts. She finds that most of the functions performed by women easily equate to those performed by revolutionaries and male soldiers in the quartermaster corps and regular ranks. She then turns her attention to the soldadera as a continuing symbol in Mexican and Chicano culture, examining the image of the soldadera in literature, corridos, art, music, and film. Challenging many traditional stereotypes, Salas finds that the fundamental realities of war link all Mexican women, regardless of time period, social class, or nom de guerre.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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