Race, gender and colony on the novel by Vicente Riva Palacio: an exclusionary strategy

Abstract

The article discusses the contribution of the historical novel Monja y casada, virgen y mártir of Vicente Riva Palacio in the building of a liberal nationalist imaginary crossed by social, ethnic and gender broad inequalities. To do this, the narrative strategy developed in the work is approached, focusing on the alleged credibility and social profiles drawn in it, relating these literary elements with contemporary historical context in which they were produced. This selection responds to the extraordinary influence that it had on the creation of Mexican national identity, the regulation of the femininity in the liberal construction and the myth that did the Inquisition became synonymous with intolerance, cruelty and oppression.