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Soldaderas in the Mexican military : myth and history / Elizabeth Salas.

By:

Salas, Elizabeth, 1948-

Publication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1990Description: 163 p. : 23 cmISBN:

9780292776388

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DDC classification:

LAS 972.08 SAL 20

Summary: 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,

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	LAS 972.08 SAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	non fiction		034449

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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,

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