La representación de la soldadera en el arte y la literatura de México : el caso de Como agua para chocolate.

Abstract

The following study deals with the soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution (1910--1917). Chapter one examines the relationship between the feminine discourse and the masculine discourse with regards to the participation of the soldaderas in the Revolution and how the latter, the dominant discourse, has served to marginalize the former. In chapter two, we analyze the influence of patriarchal discourse in the representation of the soldadera in artistic forms such as the corrido , painting, film and literature. Chapter three focuses on the representation of the soldadera in Como agua para chocolate (1989) by Mexican author Laura Esquivel. The focus here is on the author's use of sub-literary forms intended for mass consumption and her construction of images that challenge the stereotypical images of the soldadera discussed in the previous chapters.