{"id":52960,"date":"2017-03-26T21:35:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T21:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=52960"},"modified":"2017-03-27T18:56:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T18:56:07","slug":"mexicos-nobodies-the-cultural-legacy-of-the-soldadera-and-afro-mexican-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=52960","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e9xico’s Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

M\u00e9xico’s Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

State University of New York Press<\/a>
\nFebruary 2017
\n350 pages
\nHardcover ISBN13:\u00a0978-1-4384-6357-5<\/p>\n

B. Christine Arce<\/strong><\/a>, Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture
\nUniversity of Miami, Miami, Florida<\/em><\/p>\n

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2016 Victoria Urbano Critical Monograph Book Prize, presented by the International Association of Hispanic Feminine Literature and Culture<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Analyzes cultural materials that grapple with gender and blackness to revise traditional interpretations of Mexicanness.<\/em><\/p>\n

M\u00e9xico\u2019s Nobodies<\/em> examines two key figures in Mexican history that have remained anonymous despite their proliferation in the arts: the soldadera<\/a> and the figure of the mulata<\/a>. B. Christine Arce unravels the stunning paradox evident in the simultaneous erasure (in official circles) and ongoing fascination (in the popular imagination) with the nameless people who both define and fall outside of traditional norms of national identity. The book traces the legacy of these extraordinary figures in popular histories and legends, the Inquisition<\/a>, ballads such as \u201cLa Adelita<\/a>\u201d and \u201cLa Cucaracha<\/a>,\u201d iconic performers like To\u00f1a la Negra<\/a>, and musical genres such as the son jarocho<\/em> and danz\u00f3n<\/em>. This study is the first of its kind to draw attention to art\u2019s crucial role in bearing witness to the rich heritage of blacks and women in contemporary M\u00e9xico<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n