A Queer Mother for the Nation: The State and Gabriela Mistral

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Summary: Gabriela unveiled
Review: A work of scholarship accessible to all. It reads like a novel. Queer Mother is fresh, creative and audacious in its analysis of Gabriela Mistral's historical importance. It removes the veil from Gabriela and gives her back to her Latin American public. This time she is real, human and possibly gay. I loved Ines Munoz's letters to Gabriela...juicy stuff!

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Summary: New Elements on Mistral's Life and Beliefs.
Review: Gabriela Mistral, private and public. There's been much debate about the subject but Fiol-Matta takes it further and amplifies it. In the book, she touches on Mistral's possible Lesbianism or in a White-Race supremacy belief before turning into the defender of Native Americans and Mestizos. She also talks about the use of pictures and other visual elements to create Mistral's image. The book is not easy to read, but brings new aspects on Mistral's life to counterback her "Mythical" and "Sanctified" Image. And as the author says, it is an opportunity to re-read the author's work, one of Latin America's Finest.