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La Llorona's Invitation: Chicanx Feminist Literature And The Community Of The Monstrous, Holly Lackey
La Llorona's Invitation: Chicanx Feminist Literature And The Community Of The Monstrous, Holly Lackey
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La Llorona’s ghostly figure has haunted the pages of Chicanx literature for years as the monstrous woman. While her story shifts forms depending on the cultural context, the essentials remain: she was a woman, wronged by the father of her children, who now wanders the rivers at night wailing for the two children she drowned in anger, grief, or desperation. She has often been considered a monstrous figure whose function has been to regulate female identity. However, authors like Gloria Anzaldúa, Sandra Cisneros, and Helena María Viramontes have sought to reclaim this ghostly visage from the grasp of patriarchal structures …