Ep160 Listening for La Llorona with Mariana Esquivel Suárez

Mariana Esquivel Suárez (@folklorette) is a Mexican graduate student at Memorial University’s Department of Folklore. She is currently writing her thesis on the legend of La Llorona (the weeping woman) as a symbol of protest in Mexico. Her academic research interests include supernatural folklore, f...

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Main Author: Jarvis, Dale Gilbert
Format: Audio
Language:English
Subjects:
Oral traditions
expressions and the written word
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/839
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Summary:Mariana Esquivel Suárez (@folklorette) is a Mexican graduate student at Memorial University’s Department of Folklore. She is currently writing her thesis on the legend of La Llorona (the weeping woman) as a symbol of protest in Mexico. Her academic research interests include supernatural folklore, folk religion, and the intersection of folklore and politics. We talk about the origins of the La Llorona legend, and how it has changed and shifted over time.

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