Description
The first major visual and cultural exploration of the legacy of La Malinche, simultaneously reviled as a traitor to her people and hailed as the mother of Mexico
"Malinche herself comes through. She is not an idea or a myth but a person. And she is ablaze with life."-Angelica Aboulhosn, Humanities
An enslaved Indigenous girl who became Hernan Cortes's interpreter and cultural translator, Malinche stood at center stage in one of the most significant events of modern history. Linguistically gifted, she played a key role in the transactions, negotiations, and conflicts between the Spanish and the Indigenous populations of Mexico that shaped the course of global politics for centuries to come. As mother to Cortes's firstborn son, she became the symbolic progenitor of a modern Mexican nation and a heroine to Chicana and Mexicana artists.
Traitor, Survivor, Icon is the first major publication to present a comprehensive visual exploration of Malinche's enduring impact on communities living on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Five hundred years after her death, her image and legacy remain relevant to conversations around female empowerment, indigeneity, and national identity throughout the Americas. This book establishes and examines her symbolic import and the ways in which artists, scholars, and activists have appropriated her image to interpret and express their own experiences and agendas, from the 1500s through today.
Published in association with the Denver Art Museum
Exhibition Schedule:
Denver Art Museum
(February 6-May 8, 2022)
Albuquerque Museum
(June 11-September 4, 2022)
San Antonio Museum of Art
(October 14, 2022-January 8, 2023)
About the Author
Victoria I. Lyall is the Frederick and Jan Mayer Curator of Art of the Ancient Americas at the Denver Art Museum. Terezita Romo is lecturer and affiliate faculty in the Chicana/o Studies Department at University of California-Davis.
Reviews
Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award finalist, sponsored by CAA
2023 PROSE Award Finalist in the Art Exhibitions category
Winner of the 2023 Thoma Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award, sponsored by the The Association for Latin American Art
Book Information
ISBN 9780300258981
Author Victoria I. Lyall
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
"Malinche herself comes through. She is not an idea or a myth but a person. And she is ablaze with life."-Angelica Aboulhosn, Humanities
An enslaved Indigenous girl who became Hernan Cortes's interpreter and cultural translator, Malinche stood at center stage in one of the most significant events of modern history. Linguistically gifted, she played a key role in the transactions, negotiations, and conflicts between the Spanish and the Indigenous populations of Mexico that shaped the course of global politics for centuries to come. As mother to Cortes's firstborn son, she became the symbolic progenitor of a modern Mexican nation and a heroine to Chicana and Mexicana artists.
Traitor, Survivor, Icon is the first major publication to present a comprehensive visual exploration of Malinche's enduring impact on communities living on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Five hundred years after her death, her image and legacy remain relevant to conversations around female empowerment, indigeneity, and national identity throughout the Americas. This book establishes and examines her symbolic import and the ways in which artists, scholars, and activists have appropriated her image to interpret and express their own experiences and agendas, from the 1500s through today.
Published in association with the Denver Art Museum
Exhibition Schedule:
Denver Art Museum
(February 6-May 8, 2022)
Albuquerque Museum
(June 11-September 4, 2022)
San Antonio Museum of Art
(October 14, 2022-January 8, 2023)
About the Author
Victoria I. Lyall is the Frederick and Jan Mayer Curator of Art of the Ancient Americas at the Denver Art Museum. Terezita Romo is lecturer and affiliate faculty in the Chicana/o Studies Department at University of California-Davis.
Reviews
Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award finalist, sponsored by CAA
2023 PROSE Award Finalist in the Art Exhibitions category
Winner of the 2023 Thoma Foundation Exhibition Catalogue Award, sponsored by the The Association for Latin American Art
Book Information
ISBN 9780300258981
Author Victoria I. Lyall
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
