Mexicaanse iconen in de kunst van de Chicano’s in de Verenigde Staten: Malinche, de Maagd van Guadalupe en Sor Juana

Chicano artists in the United States often find their inspiration in the great personalities from the Mexican history and mythology. This is neither a nostalgic recuperation of the Mexican past nor a pursue of a lost Mexican identity. Rather, these images transform themselves within a new context, the North American context, in which Chicanos try to define their own identity. Mexican icons like Malinche, the Virgin of Guadalupe and Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz, are archetypes which Chicano artists integrate in their work in a very creative way. Malinche symbolizes the resistance, the Virgin of Guadalupe the mixed races and Sister Juana symbolizes the eagerness to read and to write in a society dominated by men. The richness of the symbolism behind these prominent icons leads to original and self-conscious artistic interpretations in Chicano art.status: publishe