Elizabeth Salas
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This study explores the evolving role of women soldiers in Mexico-as both fighters and cultural symbols-from the pre-Columbian era to the present.
Since pre-Columbian times, soldiering has been a traditional life experience for innumerable women in Mexico. Yet the many names given these women warriors-heroines, camp followers, Amazons, coronelas, soldadas, soldaderas, and Adelitas-indicate their ambivalent position within Mexican society. In this...
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