La Güera Rodríguez : the life and legends of a Mexican independence heroine / Silvia Marina Arrom.

"La Güera Rodríguez (1778-1850) is a fascinating Mexican woman who has become an icon of the nation's popular culture. She has been--erroneously--portrayed as a courtesan who seduced Simón Bolívar, Alexander von Humboldt, and Agustín de Iturbide; a major independence heroine; and a feminis...

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Main Author: Arrom, Silvia Marina, 1949- (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
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505 0 |a Introduction -- La Güera as a young woman, 1778-1808 -- La Güera on her own, 1808-1820 -- Independence heroine? -- An aristocratic lady, 1825-1850 -- The first hundred years after her death -- The legend crystallized in Valle-Arizpe's La Güera Rodríguez, 1949 -- La Güera after Valle-Arizpe : the power of fiction -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Appendices : Chronology of a life. Genealogy. 
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