Las Soldaderas Women of the Mexican Revolution

Name: Las Soldaderas Women of the Mexican Revolution
Price: 14.79 USD
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ISBN: 9781933693040

ISBN-10: 1933693045

ISBN-13: 9781933693040

Edition: 2006

Authors: Elena Poniatowska, David Dorado Romo, The Casasola Collection

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The photographs of Las Soldaderas and Elena Poniatowska's remarkable commentary rescue the women of the Mexican Revolution from the dust and oblivion of history. These are the Adelitas and Valentinas celebrated in famous corridos mexicanos, but whose destiny was much more profound and tragic than the idealistic words of ballads. The photographs remind Poniatowska of the trail of women warriors that begins with the Spanish conquest and continues to Mexico's violent revolution. These women are valiant, furious, loyal, maternal, and hardworking; they wear a mask that is part immaculate virgin, part mother and wife, and part savage warrior; and they are joined together in the cruel hymn of…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
Publication date: 11/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 93
Size: 8.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English