TY  - BOOK
AU  - Salas,Elizabeth
TI  - Soldaderas in the Mexican Military: Myth and History 
SN  - 9780292757080
AV  - UB419.M6 S25 1990
U1  - 355/.0082 20
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Austin : 
PB  - University of Texas Press, 
KW  - Mexico-Armed Forces-Women-History
KW  - Women and the military
KW  - Mexico
KW  - History
KW  - Women and the military-Mexico-History
KW  - Women
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  - HISTORY / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7560/776302
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292757080
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292757080/original
ER  -