25 November 2009 National Grid Room Warwick Arts Centre
ImagInIng La maLInche
InternatIonal SympoSIum
To coincide with Moctezuma Exhibition at the British Library, 2009
2.30–2.40 opening remarks: John King2.40–3.20 Session 1 camilla Townsend:
‘malintzin’s choices’
rubén gallo: ‘octavio paz, malinche and oedipus’
chair: John King
3.20–3.50 Discussion3.50–4.10 tea4.10–4.50 Session 2 valerie fraser: ‘from the lienzo de Tlaxcala to orozco:
la malinche in art’
Jimena gorraez belmar: ‘being la malinche’
chair: rebecca earle
4.50–5.20 Discussion5.20–5.30 Concluding remarks: rebecca earle
malintzin, La malinche, Doña marina… that aztec woman born in central mexico some time in the early sixteenth century who was hernán cortés’s translator, advisor and lover occupies a unique role
in modern mexican culture. castigated as la chingada, the violated woman who represents all women, lauded as a feminist prototype, excoriated as the
original malinchista, ‘fascinated and seduced’ by all things foreign (in the words of Octavio Paz), or honoured as the symbolic mother of La Raza, she has served as a canvas onto which the ideological struggles over post-revolutionary mexican (and chicano) identity have been projected. This event explores the varied legacy of La malinche in literature, art and popular culture, while at the same time seeking to capture the flickering traces of the historical figure described by the conquistador Bernal Díaz as ‘a most excellent woman’.
InternatIonal symposIum, naTIOnaL gRID SemInaR ROOm, WaRWIck aRTS cenTRe, UnIveRSITy Of WaRWIck, 25 nOvemBeR 2009
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1.00–2.00 mexican Celebrity Chef patricia Quintana discusses mexican Food past and present with the Historian Jeffrey pilcher
national grid room, Warwick arts centre
2.30–5.30 International Symposium: Imagining La Malinche
national grid room, Warwick arts centre
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3.00–5.00 master class with patricia Quintana eaT restaurant, Warwick arts centre
5.30 reception Warwick arts centre
mexIco at WarWIck: FIve centurIes oF Food, culture and HIstory WaRWIck aRTS cenTRe, UnIveRSITy Of WaRWIck, 25 nOvemBeR 2009
For information, and to register for the lecture and symposium, please contact Sue Dibben, Humanities Research Centre, University of Warwick ([email protected]) by Monday 23 November 2009.
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The British AcademyThe naTional academy for The humaniTies and social sciences
Warwick Humanities Research Centre
Santander Universities
Embassy of Mexico, United Kingdom