2021/12/02 by Silja Helber, Helber, Silja
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cinema History and Criticism #Historical and Modern Theater Studies #Latin American Literature Studies #Malinche #chicanas #feminism #traitor
paper · doi:10.23692/imex.5.3
openalex publication_date 2021/12/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
pp. 33-52. This article will analyze the continued presence of the historical figure of the Malinche, commonly known as the traitor of the Mexican nation at the time of the Conquest. Starting from her origin and biography, its reception in Mexican and Chicano literature of the twentieth century will be studied. Special attention will be paid to her influence in the creation of an identity of the «daughters of the Malinche», that is, of the Chicanas. In this case, the autobiographical essay «A Long Line of Vendidas» by Cherríe Moraga, the so-called Chicana Lesbian of Color, will be taken as the basis of the analysis.