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The Resource México's nobodies : the cultural legacy of the soldadera and Afro-Mexican women, B. Christine Arce

México's nobodies : the cultural legacy of the soldadera and Afro-Mexican women, B. Christine Arce

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"Analyzes cultural materials that grapple with gender and blackness to revise traditional interpretations of Mexicanness. México's Nobodies examines two key figures in Mexican history that have remained anonymous despite their proliferation in the arts: the soldadera and the figure of the mulata. B. Christine Arce unravels the stunning paradox evident in the simultaneous erasure (in official circles) and ongoing fascination (in the popular imagination) with the nameless people who both define and fall outside of traditional norms of national identity. The book traces the legacy of these extraordinary figures in popular histories and legends, the Inquisition, ballads such as 'La Adelita' and 'La Cucaracha, ' iconic performers like Toña la Negra, and musical genres such as the son jarocho and danzón. This study is the first of its kind to draw attention to art's crucial role in bearing witness to the rich heritage of blacks and women in contemporary México. 'No one has written as lovingly and profusely on Mexican minorities as the wonderful B. Christine Arce. Here she writes about soldaderas, women of color, and camp followers--the courageous women who followed the troops during the Mexican Revolution. Without these women, soldiers would have deserted and the men would have run back home. Arce has not only captured the essence of Mexican women but also of Afro-Mexicans, who are typically forgotten and purposefully neglected'--Elena Poniatowska, author of Massacre in Mexico"--Publisher description
Language
eng
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Extent
xvii, 331 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: The paradox of invisibility
  • Part One. Entre adelitas y cucarachas : the soldadera as trope in the Mexican Revolution
  • The soldadera and the making of revolutionary spaces
  • The many faces of the soldadera and the adelita complex
  • Beyond the "custom of her sex and country"
  • Part Two. The Blacks in the closet
  • Black magic and the Inquisition : the legend of La Mulata de Córdoba and the case of Antonia de Soto
  • "Dios pinta como quiere" : blackness and redress in Mexican golden age film
  • The music of the Afro-Mexican universe and the dialectics of Son
  • Conclusion: To be expressed otherwise
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9781438463575
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México's nobodies : the cultural legacy of the soldadera and Afro-Mexican women
Title
México's nobodies
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the cultural legacy of the soldadera and Afro-Mexican women
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B. Christine Arce
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Language
eng
Summary
"Analyzes cultural materials that grapple with gender and blackness to revise traditional interpretations of Mexicanness. México's Nobodies examines two key figures in Mexican history that have remained anonymous despite their proliferation in the arts: the soldadera and the figure of the mulata. B. Christine Arce unravels the stunning paradox evident in the simultaneous erasure (in official circles) and ongoing fascination (in the popular imagination) with the nameless people who both define and fall outside of traditional norms of national identity. The book traces the legacy of these extraordinary figures in popular histories and legends, the Inquisition, ballads such as 'La Adelita' and 'La Cucaracha, ' iconic performers like Toña la Negra, and musical genres such as the son jarocho and danzón. This study is the first of its kind to draw attention to art's crucial role in bearing witness to the rich heritage of blacks and women in contemporary México. 'No one has written as lovingly and profusely on Mexican minorities as the wonderful B. Christine Arce. Here she writes about soldaderas, women of color, and camp followers--the courageous women who followed the troops during the Mexican Revolution. Without these women, soldiers would have deserted and the men would have run back home. Arce has not only captured the essence of Mexican women but also of Afro-Mexicans, who are typically forgotten and purposefully neglected'--Elena Poniatowska, author of Massacre in Mexico"--Publisher description
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1974-
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Arce, B. Christine
Dewey number
305.40972
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HQ1462
LC item number
.A63 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Suny series, genders in the global South
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  • Women
  • Women, Black
  • Racially mixed women
  • Women soldiers
  • Women revolutionaries
  • Sex role
  • Mexico
  • Women in art
  • Blacks in art
  • Art and society
  • Art and society
  • Blacks in art
  • Race relations
  • Racially mixed women
  • Sex role
  • Women
  • Women, Black
  • Women in art
  • Women revolutionaries
  • Women soldiers
  • Mexico
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México's nobodies : the cultural legacy of the soldadera and Afro-Mexican women, B. Christine Arce
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
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Contents
Introduction: The paradox of invisibility -- Part One. Entre adelitas y cucarachas : the soldadera as trope in the Mexican Revolution -- The soldadera and the making of revolutionary spaces -- The many faces of the soldadera and the adelita complex -- Beyond the "custom of her sex and country" -- Part Two. The Blacks in the closet -- Black magic and the Inquisition : the legend of La Mulata de Córdoba and the case of Antonia de Soto -- "Dios pinta como quiere" : blackness and redress in Mexican golden age film -- The music of the Afro-Mexican universe and the dialectics of Son -- Conclusion: To be expressed otherwise
Control code
961825734
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xvii, 331 pages
Isbn
9781438463575
Lccn
2016021650
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
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(OCoLC)961825734
Label
México's nobodies : the cultural legacy of the soldadera and Afro-Mexican women, B. Christine Arce
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: The paradox of invisibility -- Part One. Entre adelitas y cucarachas : the soldadera as trope in the Mexican Revolution -- The soldadera and the making of revolutionary spaces -- The many faces of the soldadera and the adelita complex -- Beyond the "custom of her sex and country" -- Part Two. The Blacks in the closet -- Black magic and the Inquisition : the legend of La Mulata de Córdoba and the case of Antonia de Soto -- "Dios pinta como quiere" : blackness and redress in Mexican golden age film -- The music of the Afro-Mexican universe and the dialectics of Son -- Conclusion: To be expressed otherwise
Control code
961825734
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xvii, 331 pages
Isbn
9781438463575
Lccn
2016021650
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)961825734

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