La Malincha by Cortès side: translator, traitor, feminist icon, and mother of the mestizaje

Authors

  • Guido Müller Historisches Institut der Universität Stuttgart

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/165

Keywords:

Identität, Kolonialismus, Lateinamerika, Neuzeit, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

Few female protagonists of Mexican history are as well suited for a combination of current post-structuralist, feminist as well as post-colonialist questions as the historical and mythical persona of La Malinche, Malintzin, or Dona Marina, who became known as Cortez’s compagnion between 1519 and 1526. Using La Malinche as a site of examination, this anthology introduces the varied and contradictory debates around national and gender identities in Central and Latin American to a German-speaking audience.

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Published

2002-11-01

Issue

No. 8 (2002): Literaturwissenschaften II

Section

Offener Teil

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Copyright (c) 2002 Guido Müller

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