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La Malinche
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La Malinche
Life & career of 16th Cent. Mexican translator/cultural interpreter/mistress of Spanish conqueror Cortes, in context of nation's cultural history.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages) |
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1996
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"La Malinche (circa 1502-153?) is one of the two central female figures in Mexico's historical iconography - the other woman is Our Lady of Guadalupe, a somewhat more-than-human competitor for the honor (Gonzales 229). La Malinche holds her own against the Blessed Virgin as a mythic figure in Mexican history, however. She was, factually, the translator/cultural interpreter who crucially aided Hernn Cort's in his conquest of the Aztec Empire. As his mistress during that time, bearing him a son, La Malinche was also one of the most visible progenitors of the Mestizo - the race of mixed-blood Spanish-Indians who represent the core of Mexican society. Since the wars for independence from Spain and, later, France, La Malinche has been vilified by the epithet "malinchist," a derogatory term used to signify one contaminated by foreign influences - for she is..."More papers on La Malinche:
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"La Malinche" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-La-Malinche/11891>
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