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Tag Archives: gender ideology
La Llorona: Incorporating Latino Studies into Hispanic Literature
If you grew up in the southwest United States, if you can claim Hispanic heritage, or if you’ve lived in a community with a distinct Hispanic population, you are likely quite familiar with the numerous legends of “La Llorona” (The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Feminism, Literature, Pedagogy, US Southwest, Women
Tagged art, catholicism, children, femininity, Feminism, first-wave spanish feminism, gender, gender ideology, infanticide, La llorona, La Malinche, La virgen de Guadalupe, language, Latino literature, latino studies, legends, literature, Mexico, motherhood, myth, pedagogy, Sandra Cisneros, teaching, teaching spanish, Virgin of Guadalupe
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Murderous Mothers and the Discourse of Infanticide
This post is admittedly a slightly odd compilation of images and ideas – It seems that over the past several months I’ve been researching or teaching about murderous mothers in literature, film, history, and popular culture: from the assassination of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Women
Tagged art, Aurora Rodriguez, catholicism, children, culture, domesticity, Family Planning, Feminism, gender ideology, goya, infanticide, italy, La llorona, maternity, medical history, motherhood, Rubens, spanish art, women
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