Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity

Pilar Melero is Associate Professor of Spanish, Chican@ and U.S. Latin@ Literature at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA.

• Introduction: Motherhood as a Feminist Discursive Space 1. Desde las faldas de la madre/From Underneath Mother ' 's Skirt: Nellie Campobello (Re)Claims (Single) Motherhood and Mothers as Historians 2. Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza: Writing from the Margins of Word, Class, and Gender 3. (Re)Thinking Woman(hood): Sara Estela Ramírez, Activity, and Being 4. Andrea Villarreal González: Forming Rebels/Rebel Forming 5. Conclusion: Being Woman (Within) Patriarchy