Article: Soldaderas of the Mexican revolution.(The Evolution of War and Its Representation in Literature and Film)

Elvia Montes de Oca Navas examines revolutionary female characters in her 1996 book, Protagonistas de las novelas de la revolucion mexicana, and observes that "la mujer aparece como un set sin nombre ni rostro, anonimo y secundario, aunque siempre presente, ... un 'artefacto masculino' que se toma y se abandona cuando ya no es util ni necesario" (136). Even the soldadera (the camp follower) that takes part in combat appears "deslucid[a], atras del hombre, perdid[a] en su sombra" (136). Furthermore, according to Montes de Oca Navas, "Se ha idealizado a la soldadera de la Revolucion Mexicana. Un acercamiento mayor a la Novela muestra personajes oscuros y opacos, fieles ...

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