Cleófilas and La Llorona: Latin Heroines Against Patriarchal Marginalisation in ‘El arroyo de la Llorona’, a Short Story by Sandra Cisneros
This paper discusses the short story ‘El arroyo de la Llorona’ by female Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros. In it the main character, Cleófilas, is subject to social, emotional and economic dependence on her husband, according to the cultural constructs on female identity that are still releva...
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2012-08-01
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| Series: | Universitas Humanística |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/3644/3181 |