La Llorona: the patriarchy makes me cry, too, sometimes. This week the Burk sisters learn about a fascinating figure from Mexican folklore, La Llorona, the weeping woman. We talk colonization, Coco, and Chicana feminism in relation to this powerful story of love, motherhood, loss, and grief.
Sources:
- Biggs, Mary Jo García. “La Llorona.” The Encyclopedia of Latino Culture: From Calaveras to Quinceaneras, edited by Charles M. Tatum, ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2013.
- Perez, Domino Renee. There Was a Woman: La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture. 2008, UT Press.
- Perez, Domino Renee. “La Llorona.” The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, edited by Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. González, Oxford UP, 2005.
- Nahua people
- La Llorona Wikipedia
- The Curse of La Llorona: The Real Legend Behind the Horror Film- Vanity Fair
- The Many Faces of “La Llorona”- Grammy Awards
- La Llorona, Legend and Protector, in the Streets of San Francisco- KQED.org
- Mulholland Drive.net
- The Wailing Woman- History Today
- The Weeping Woman: The Folklore and Pop Culture Influence of La Llorona- Bloody Disgusting
- La Llorona: Hispanic folklore goes mainstream- The Conversation
- La Llorona (1933 film)- wikipedia
Music:
- Intro and outro: Underneath the Christmas Tree (Instrumental) by myuu http://www.thedarkpiano.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/q8fX3In7Qng