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

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"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)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Rodríguez de Velasco y Osorio, María Ignacia, > 1778-1851.
Women > Mexico > Mexico City > 19th century > Biography.
Mexico > History > Wars of Independence, 1810-1821.
Women.
Mexico.
Mexico > Mexico City.
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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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